diff --git a/0.9.7.tar.gz b/0.9.7.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index adc38a9..0000000
--- a/0.9.7.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:7c42ccc1484a8c4d6d48b6f3fb2904ddcbde9ebbf0853c838b7062175ec77315
-size 18468399
diff --git a/0.9.8.tar.gz b/0.9.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eeed59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0.9.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:deee9c43bf51519dbf70c299f0ae396ace7899e416e5d7a39c0b788f83d4d78a
+size 18600528
diff --git a/sigil-version.patch b/sigil-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1f0fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sigil-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Pdpru Sigil-0.9.8.orig/CMakeLists.txt Sigil-0.9.8/CMakeLists.txt
+--- Sigil-0.9.8.orig/CMakeLists.txt	2017-03-21 17:54:48.000000000 +0100
++++ Sigil-0.9.8/CMakeLists.txt	2017-04-02 10:27:19.952071686 +0200
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PA
+ 
+ set( SIGIL_MAJOR_VERSION 0 )
+ set( SIGIL_MINOR_VERSION 9 )
+-set( SIGIL_REVISION_VERSION 7 )
++set( SIGIL_REVISION_VERSION 8 )
+ set( SIGIL_FULL_VERSION ${SIGIL_MAJOR_VERSION}.${SIGIL_MINOR_VERSION}.${SIGIL_REVISION_VERSION} )
+ 
+ if( UNIX AND NOT APPLE )
diff --git a/sigil.changes b/sigil.changes
index 2b2106f..d851ddc 100644
--- a/sigil.changes
+++ b/sigil.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,60 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Apr  1 17:49:18 UTC 2017 - ecsos@opensuse.org
+
+- update to 0.9.8
+  * Bug Fixes
+    - Make sure when new empty epub3's are created that the toc 
+      does not use a doctype (Issue #250)
+    - Make GetUniqueFilenameVersion work even on Case-Insensitive 
+      filesystems (Issue #247)
+    - Properly urlencode/decode all hrefs in plugin's ResultXML in 
+      launcher/PluginRunner to prevent parse errors
+    - Enable Basic Cut Copy Paste Icons/Actions in OPF, NCX, XML, 
+      SVG, and other Misc Text Tabs
+    - Add proper detection for minimum service pack requirements in 
+      Windows installer
+    - Include workaround for bug in KDE Qt5 plugin on Linux that 
+      keep plugins from launching from menu
+    - Prevent splitting Section0001.xhtml (Split at Cursor) 
+      needlessly rewrite the file's manifest id with a uuid
+    - Fix issue where merging files when non-xhtml tabs were open
+      was causing Python errors or crashes
+    - Fix segfault in Image Reports when deleting unused image 
+      files
+    - Fix bug in prettyprint_xhtml in sigil_bs4 (put back 
+      inadvertently dropped is_void_tag routine)
+    - Fix gumbo serialize to better handle injected newlines
+    - Harden bundled Python isolation on Windows and add subset of 
+      PyQt5 to bundled modules
+    - Harden plugin interface code to properly unquote/quote hrefs
+    - Stop Sigil from nagging about unsupported mimetypes when 
+      epubs with Adobe xpgt page-templates are opened
+    - Fix Book Browser highlighting issue when editable XML files 
+      from the "Misc" folder are opened
+    - Pull upstream bug fixes from google's gumbo parser for Sigil
+    - Force formatting buttons in BookView to generate 
+      inline-styled spans instead of "strike", "b", etc
+    - Fix bug from deprecated use of jquery $.browser.msie 
+      introduced when jQuery was updated
+    - Fix temp folder specification on Windows systems that delete 
+      the system temp folder for every login (Issue #285)
+    - Fix typos in metadata descriptions to allow better 
+      translations
+  * New Features
+    - New preference setting (Appearance section) which allows user 
+      to adjust the size of the main menu icons
+    - Add manifest properties to Book Browser tooltips and to All 
+      Files Reports Widget for epub3
+    - Make Sigil's UI and spellchecker language settings available
+      to plugins
+    - Add support for PyQt5 for plugin gui widgets
+    - Internal builds now use Qt 5.6.2 with Webkit added back
+    - Windows structural changes to eliminate file duplication and 
+      to accommodate PyQt5 requirements
+    - Update all build it yourself from source documentation for 
+      new requirements
+- Add Patch sigil-version.patch to set right version
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb  8 00:26:12 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/sigil.spec b/sigil.spec
index e46a061..222588f 100644
--- a/sigil.spec
+++ b/sigil.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           sigil
-Version:        0.9.7
+Version:        0.9.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        WYSIWYG Ebook Editor
 License:        GPL-3.0
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Source1:        https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/raw/master/docs/Sigil_User_
 Source2:        %{name}.desktop
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE Disabled __DATE__ and __TIME__ which is replaced later in pre section
 Patch0:         %{name}-gt-0.9.0-Dialogs-About.cpp.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE Set right version
+Patch1:         %{name}-version.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 3.0
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ specification and create a hierarchical Table of Contents.
 %setup -q -n Sigil-%{version}
 sed -i 's/\r//' ChangeLog.txt README.md COPYING.txt
 %patch0 -p 1
+%patch1 -p 1
 %{__cp} -v %{S:1} .
 %{__cp} -v %{S:2} .
 # rpmlint