diff --git a/Faker-18.7.0.tar.gz b/Faker-18.7.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d32a58..0000000
--- a/Faker-18.7.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:f02c6d3fdb5bc781f80b440cf2bdec336ed47ecfb8d620b20c3d4188ed051831
-size 1666235
diff --git a/Faker-18.9.0.tar.gz b/Faker-18.9.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9171fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Faker-18.9.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:80a5ea1464556c06b98bf47ea3adc7f33811a1182518d847860b1874080bd3c9
+size 1667357
diff --git a/python-Faker.changes b/python-Faker.changes
index c216b59..154e99d 100644
--- a/python-Faker.changes
+++ b/python-Faker.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May 27 21:11:53 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 18.9.0:
+  * Add `xml` provider
+  * Add `zh_CN` bank locale
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun May 14 15:22:34 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-Faker.spec b/python-Faker.spec
index 22c2562..f642566 100644
--- a/python-Faker.spec
+++ b/python-Faker.spec
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@
 #
 
 
-%{?!python_module:%define python_module() python3-%{**}}
-%global skip_python2 1
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-Faker
-Version:        18.7.0
+Version:        18.9.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python package that generates fake data
 License:        MIT