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diff --git a/libunistring.changes b/libunistring.changes
index 2360483..d6a9e18 100644
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec  1 19:37:45 UTC 2017 - astieger@suse.com
+
+- update to 0.9.8:
+  * The data tables and line breaking algorithm have been updated
+    to Unicode version 9.0.0
+  * In the include file unigbrk.h, the function uc_grapheme_breaks
+    has been added to accommodate the new UAX#29 rules involving 3
+    or more consecutive characters
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 18 10:00:34 UTC 2017 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libunistring.keyring b/libunistring.keyring
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 %define lname	libunistring2
 Name:           libunistring
-Version:        0.9.7
+Version:        0.9.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        GNU Unicode string library
 License:        LGPL-3.0+ or GPL-2.0