diff --git a/python-ldap3.changes b/python-ldap3.changes
index 9b118e5..f76d16c 100644
--- a/python-ldap3.changes
+++ b/python-ldap3.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 27 16:56:28 UTC 2021 - Markéta Machová <mmachova@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 2.9
+  * SafeSync strategy (SAFE_SYNC) for using a synchronous Connection 
+    object in a multi-threading program
+  * try to use Crypto library if present for hashing NTLM password 
+    on python interpreter missing the MD4 OpenSSL algorithm
+  * SafeRestartable strategy (SAFE_RESTARTABLE) for using a restartable 
+    Connection object in a multi-threading program
+  * many smaller changes and bugfixes
+- Rebase skip-missing-LDAP-server.patch
+  * suprisingly still needed
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 24 00:46:48 UTC 2020 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-ldap3.spec b/python-ldap3.spec
index 7c59d9a..ecf0ad3 100644
--- a/python-ldap3.spec
+++ b/python-ldap3.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-ldap3
 #
-# 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
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-ldap3
-Version:        2.7
+Version:        2.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A strictly RFC 4511 conforming LDAP V3 pure Python client
 License:        LGPL-3.0-only
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ export STRATEGY=SYNC SERVER=EDIR DECODER=INTERNAL
 %license COPYING.LESSER.txt COPYING.txt LICENSE.txt
 %doc README.rst
 %{python_sitelib}/ldap3
-%{python_sitelib}/ldap3-%{version}-py*.egg-info
+%{python_sitelib}/ldap3-%{version}*-py*.egg-info
 
 %changelog
diff --git a/skip-missing-LDAP-server.patch b/skip-missing-LDAP-server.patch
index ad9b5df..f90082f 100644
--- a/skip-missing-LDAP-server.patch
+++ b/skip-missing-LDAP-server.patch
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
---- a/test/config.py
-+++ b/test/config.py
-@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from os import environ, remove
- from os import path
- from random import SystemRandom
- from tempfile import gettempdir
-+from unittest import SkipTest
- 
- from ldap3 import SIMPLE, SYNC, ROUND_ROBIN, IP_V6_PREFERRED, IP_SYSTEM_DEFAULT, Server, Connection,\
-     ServerPool, SASL, STRING_TYPES, get_config_parameter, set_config_parameter, \
-@@ -380,7 +381,7 @@ elif location == 'W10GC9227-AD':
-     test_logging_filename = path.join(gettempdir(), 'ldap3.log')
-     test_valid_names = ['10.160.201.232']
+Index: ldap3-2.8/test/config.py
+===================================================================
+--- ldap3-2.8.orig/test/config.py
++++ ldap3-2.8/test/config.py
+@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ elif location.endswith('-NONE'):
+     test_logging_filename = 'ldap3-none.log'
+     test_valid_names = None
  else:
 -    raise Exception('testing location ' + location + ' is not valid')
 +    raise SkipTest('testing location ' + location + ' is not valid')
diff --git a/v2.7.tar.gz b/v2.7.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index a090a35..0000000
--- a/v2.7.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:adc7dccb19bedbeb40ac19b3b29c12ec8ca4514ebbca53e449c172b2aa209539
-size 956927
diff --git a/v2.9.tar.gz b/v2.9.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e28d49f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2.9.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:4a55ec0a5a1181dc345a73e24488516028e33976852199ea182dca71d3635223
+size 970490