diff --git a/path-16.6.0.tar.gz b/path-16.6.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index adaacb2..0000000
--- a/path-16.6.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:bea3816e1d54f4e33aac78d2031a0b0ed2f95e69db85b45d51f17df97071da69
-size 49670
diff --git a/path-16.9.0.tar.gz b/path-16.9.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a20b14f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/path-16.9.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:dfd31c2af60e8889a13538bef302ade7adacdb5351836be22638e2349ddd5d7b
+size 48850
diff --git a/python-path.changes b/python-path.changes
index 350aa0d..1f3bd7e 100644
--- a/python-path.changes
+++ b/python-path.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan  2 19:09:13 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 16.9.0:
+  * Features - Added Path.iterdir() and deprecated
+    Path.listdir().
+  * Use '.' as the default path.
+  * Set stacklevel=2 in deprecation warning for .text.
+  * Added .permissions attribute.
+  * Require Python 3.8 or later.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 21 12:29:04 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
@@ -11,13 +22,13 @@ Thu Apr 13 22:42:55 UTC 2023 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec  7 20:00:17 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
 
-- Update to version 16.6.0 
+- Update to version 16.6.0
   * .mtime and .atime are now settable.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 12 13:55:19 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
 
-- Update to version 16.5.0 
+- Update to version 16.5.0
   * Refreshed packaging.
   #197: Fixed default argument rendering in docs.
   #209: Refactored write_lines to re-use open semantics. Deprecated the linesep parameter.
@@ -193,11 +204,11 @@ Wed Sep 16 15:02:34 UTC 2015 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
 - Update to version 8.1.1
   * Restored path.path with a DeprecationWarning.
-  * Removed path.path. Clients must now refer to the canonical 
+  * Removed path.path. Clients must now refer to the canonical
     name, path.Path as introduced in 6.2.
-  * Added support for resolving certain directories on a system to 
+  * Added support for resolving certain directories on a system to
     platform-friendly locations using the appdirs library.
-  * In order to support "multipath" results, where multiple paths 
+  * In order to support "multipath" results, where multiple paths
     are returned in a single, os.pathsep-separated string, a new
     class MultiPath now represents those special results. This
     functionality is experimental and may change. Feedback is
diff --git a/python-path.spec b/python-path.spec
index 072ba7c..4364098 100644
--- a/python-path.spec
+++ b/python-path.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #
 
 
-%{?!python_module:%define python_module() python3-%{**}}
 %global flavor @BUILD_FLAVOR@%{nil}
 %if "%{flavor}" == "test"
 %define psuffix -test
@@ -25,17 +24,17 @@
 %define psuffix %{nil}
 %bcond_with test
 %endif
-%define skip_python2 1
 %define modname path
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-path%{psuffix}
-Version:        16.6.0
+Version:        16.9.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A module wrapper for os.path
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/jaraco/path
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/path/%{modname}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.7}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.8}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module more-itertools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools >= 56}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools_scm >= 3.4.1}
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 %if !%{with test}
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE
-%doc CHANGES.rst README.rst
+%doc NEWS.rst README.rst
 %{python_sitelib}/path
 %{python_sitelib}/path-%{version}*-info
 %endif