diff --git a/ghc-http-client.changes b/ghc-http-client.changes
index 16405f4..336b0e2 100644
--- a/ghc-http-client.changes
+++ b/ghc-http-client.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 29 11:26:32 UTC 2018 - psimons@suse.com
+
+- Update http-client to version 0.5.9.
+  A more detailed change log is not available.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 19 03:46:57 UTC 2017 - psimons@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ghc-http-client.spec b/ghc-http-client.spec
index 1b5a896..6a28f7c 100644
--- a/ghc-http-client.spec
+++ b/ghc-http-client.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package ghc-http-client
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %global pkg_name http-client
 %bcond_with tests
 Name:           ghc-%{pkg_name}
-Version:        0.5.7.1
+Version:        0.5.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        An HTTP client engine
 License:        MIT
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ghc-network-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-network-uri-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-random-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires:  ghc-stm-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-streaming-commons-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-text-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-time-devel
diff --git a/http-client-0.5.7.1.tar.gz b/http-client-0.5.7.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index d745c4f..0000000
--- a/http-client-0.5.7.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:de89a89866e6a823d6860666657de93cf11c84967e47a3df1d5548c99cb59ba5
-size 84548
diff --git a/http-client-0.5.9.tar.gz b/http-client-0.5.9.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8995779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http-client-0.5.9.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:8eae7cd3df8b4099faa10608010b16bfcdf146db5fe637d02effb06fe3be8c2d
+size 86663