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diff --git a/python-jsonpointer.changes b/python-jsonpointer.changes
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@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 22 14:49:05 UTC 2015 - tbechtold@suse.com
+
+- update to 1.9:
+  * bump version to 1.9
+  * bump version to 1.8
+  * Fix Tests for Python 3.2
+  * Fix UnicodeEncodeError with non-ASCII paths, fixes #18
+  * Enable container-based builds on Travis-CI
+
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 Wed Feb  4 14:17:13 UTC 2015 - tbechtold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-jsonpointer.spec b/python-jsonpointer.spec
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-jsonpointer
-Version:        1.7
+Version:        1.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Identify specific nodes in a JSON document (according to draft 08)
 License:        BSD-3-Clause