diff --git a/fluidsynth-2.2.8.tar.gz b/fluidsynth-2.2.8.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index b384905..0000000
--- a/fluidsynth-2.2.8.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:7c29a5cb7a2755c8012d941d1335da7bda957bbb0a86b7c59215d26773bb51fe
-size 1751615
diff --git a/fluidsynth-2.2.9.tar.gz b/fluidsynth-2.2.9.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..592ec60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fluidsynth-2.2.9.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:bc62494ec2554fdcfc01512a2580f12fc1e1b01ce37a18b370dd7902af7a8159
+size 1750977
diff --git a/fluidsynth.changes b/fluidsynth.changes
index 169958f..8fecffa 100644
--- a/fluidsynth.changes
+++ b/fluidsynth.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep  6 11:48:15 UTC 2022 - Tom Mbrt <tom.mbrt@googlemail.com>
+
+- Update to 2.2.9:
+  * Fix regression in WinMIDI driver introduced in 2.2.8
+  * Tracks cannot be restarted in MIDI player after reaching EOT
+  * Add a system-wide configuration file for Windows
+  * Harden systemd service file
+  * Dependency libs for precompiled Android binaries have been updated
+- Remove harden_fluidsynth.service.patch as it has been addressed upstream
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jul 10 16:25:37 UTC 2022 - Tom Mbrt <tom.mbrt@googlemail.com>
 
diff --git a/fluidsynth.spec b/fluidsynth.spec
index e245125..6ddddbf 100644
--- a/fluidsynth.spec
+++ b/fluidsynth.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %define sover   3
 Name:           fluidsynth
-Version:        2.2.8
+Version:        2.2.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A Real-Time Software Synthesizer That Uses Soundfont(tm)
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Source0:        https://github.com/FluidSynth/%{name}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        %{name}.conf
 Source2:        %{name}.service
 Source1000:     baselibs.conf
-Patch0:         harden_fluidsynth.service.patch
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 3.1.0
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  ladspa-devel
diff --git a/harden_fluidsynth.service.patch b/harden_fluidsynth.service.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cb520d2..0000000
--- a/harden_fluidsynth.service.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Index: fluidsynth-2.2.2/fluidsynth.service.in
-===================================================================
---- fluidsynth-2.2.2.orig/fluidsynth.service.in
-+++ fluidsynth-2.2.2/fluidsynth.service.in
-@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ Documentation=man:fluidsynth(1)
- After=sound.target
- 
- [Service]
-+# added automatically, for details please see
-+# https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Security_Features#Systemd_hardening_effort
-+ProtectSystem=full
-+ProtectHome=true
-+ProtectHostname=true
-+ProtectKernelTunables=true
-+ProtectKernelModules=true
-+ProtectKernelLogs=true
-+ProtectControlGroups=true
-+# end of automatic additions 
- Type=notify
- NotifyAccess=main
- EnvironmentFile=@FLUID_DAEMON_ENV_FILE@