diff --git a/fix_shebang.patch b/fix_shebang.patch
index 034ee69..79b6ad9 100644
--- a/fix_shebang.patch
+++ b/fix_shebang.patch
@@ -8,30 +8,30 @@ Only in sqlmap-1.5.ori/extra/runcmd/src/runcmd: stdafx.cpp
 Only in sqlmap-1.5/extra/runcmd/src/runcmd: stdafx.cpp.txt
 Only in sqlmap-1.5.ori/extra/runcmd/src/runcmd: stdafx.h
 Only in sqlmap-1.5/extra/runcmd/src/runcmd: stdafx.h.txt
-Index: sqlmap-1.7.2/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
+Index: sqlmap-1.7.9/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
 ===================================================================
---- sqlmap-1.7.2.orig/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
-+++ sqlmap-1.7.2/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
+--- sqlmap-1.7.9.orig/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
++++ sqlmap-1.7.9/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#/usr/bin/env bash
 +#!/usr/bin/bash
  
  # source ./extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
  
-Index: sqlmap-1.7.2/sqlmapapi.py
+Index: sqlmap-1.7.9/sqlmapapi.py
 ===================================================================
---- sqlmap-1.7.2.orig/sqlmapapi.py
-+++ sqlmap-1.7.2/sqlmapapi.py
+--- sqlmap-1.7.9.orig/sqlmapapi.py
++++ sqlmap-1.7.9/sqlmapapi.py
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#!/usr/bin/env python
 +#!/usr/bin/python3
  
  """
  Copyright (c) 2006-2023 sqlmap developers (https://sqlmap.org/)
-Index: sqlmap-1.7.2/sqlmap.py
+Index: sqlmap-1.7.9/sqlmap.py
 ===================================================================
---- sqlmap-1.7.2.orig/sqlmap.py
-+++ sqlmap-1.7.2/sqlmap.py
+--- sqlmap-1.7.9.orig/sqlmap.py
++++ sqlmap-1.7.9/sqlmap.py
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#!/usr/bin/env python
 +#!/usr/bin/python3
diff --git a/sqlmap-1.7.7.tar.gz b/sqlmap-1.7.7.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 576b02a..0000000
--- a/sqlmap-1.7.7.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:ca478e7f3767ad584b34ea035ce8144d06d5deae4ea364df73c2916fd9922803
-size 7214249
diff --git a/sqlmap-1.7.9.tar.gz b/sqlmap-1.7.9.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36697b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sqlmap-1.7.9.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:6fb835a4c1514dd7dd1047e83001a746d95abfa341e559cdd08f73eb84aae96d
+size 7214293
diff --git a/sqlmap.changes b/sqlmap.changes
index 12343e1..41342f6 100644
--- a/sqlmap.changes
+++ b/sqlmap.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 14 12:48:25 UTC 2023 - Andrea Manzini <andrea.manzini@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.7.9:
+  * Removing support for lol FORKZ
+  * Fixes #5476
+  * Fixes #5481
+  * Fixes #5479
+  * Fixes #5477
+  * Potential fix for #5485
+  * Patch for #5485
+  * Fixes #5493
+  * Fixes #5492
+  * Fixes #5483
+  * Add SQLite AND boolean-based blind payload (#5501)
+  * Fixes #5510
+  * Implements option --union-values (#5508)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 19 19:24:30 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/sqlmap.spec b/sqlmap.spec
index 44fbac0..e0d6c1e 100644
--- a/sqlmap.spec
+++ b/sqlmap.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           sqlmap
-Version:        1.7.7
+Version:        1.7.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later