diff --git a/pugixml-1.8.tar.gz b/pugixml-1.8.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index a324184..0000000
--- a/pugixml-1.8.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:8ef26a51c670fbe79a71e9af94df4884d5a4b00a2db38a0608a87c14113b2904
-size 357806
diff --git a/pugixml-1.9.tar.gz b/pugixml-1.9.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52c3ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pugixml-1.9.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:d156d35b83f680e40fd6412c4455fdd03544339779134617b9b28d19e11fdba6
+size 377369
diff --git a/pugixml.changes b/pugixml.changes
index c26336c..e5d370f 100644
--- a/pugixml.changes
+++ b/pugixml.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 10 19:06:38 UTC 2018 - bjoern@schramke-online.de
+
+- Update to version 1.9
+  * Specification changes
+    + xml_document::load(const char*) (deprecated in 1.5) now has 
+      deprecated attribute; use xml_document::load_string instead
+    + xml_node::select_single_node (deprecated in 1.5) now has 
+      deprecated attribute; use xml_node::select_node instead 
+  * New features
+    + Add move semantics support for xml_document and improve 
+      move semantics support for other objects
+    + CMake build now exports include directories
+    + CMake build with BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON now uses dllexport 
+      attribute for MSVC
+  * XPath improvements
+    + Rework parser/evaluator to not rely on exceptional control 
+      flow; longjmp is no longer used when exceptions are disabled
+    + Improve error messages for certain invalid expressions such 
+      as .[1] or (1
+    + Minor performance improvements
+  * Compatibility improvements
+    + Fix Texas Instruments compiler warnings
+    + Fix compilation issues with limits.h for some versions of gcc
+    + Fix compilation issues with Clang/C2
+    + Fix implicit fallthrough warnings in gcc 7
+    + Fix unknown attribute directive warnings in gcc 8
+    + Fix cray++ compiler errors
+    + Fix unsigned integer overflow errors with -fsanitize=integer
+    + Fix undefined behavior sanitizer issues in compact mode
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 16 15:32:17 UTC 2017 - joerg.lorenzen@ki.tng.de
 
diff --git a/pugixml.spec b/pugixml.spec
index 49b7842..ad656de 100644
--- a/pugixml.spec
+++ b/pugixml.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package pugixml
 #
-# 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
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %define _libname libpugixml1
 Name:           pugixml
-Version:        1.8
+Version:        1.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Light-weight C++ XML Processing Library
 License:        MIT