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diff --git a/irc-19.0.1.tar.gz b/irc-19.0.1.tar.gz
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diff --git a/python-irc.changes b/python-irc.changes
index 31de2c5..5221fb5 100644
--- a/python-irc.changes
+++ b/python-irc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 22 15:02:42 UTC 2021 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- Update to 19.0.1 
+  * #176: Fix issues with version number reporting. Restored
+    version version number reporting in bot and client.
+  * ``irc.client`` no longer exposes a ``VERSION`` or
+    ``VERSION_STRING``. To get the version, call
+    ``importlib.metadata.version('irc')`` directly.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Mar 15 09:48:23 UTC 2020 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-irc.spec b/python-irc.spec
index ff6e752..3bd33ef 100644
--- a/python-irc.spec
+++ b/python-irc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-irc
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define skip_python2 1
 Name:           python-irc
-Version:        18.0.0
+Version:        19.0.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A set of Python modules for IRC support
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later