diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 88ddccc..bea01f2 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
     <param name="url">https://github.com/wine-staging/wine-staging.git</param>
-    <param name="revision">refs/tags/v7.8</param>
+    <param name="revision">refs/tags/v7.9</param>
     <param name="match-tag">v*.*</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
   </service>
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deleted file mode 100644
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new file mode 100644
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+++ b/wine-7.9.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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new file mode 100644
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deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/wine-staging-7.8.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e661cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wine-staging-7.9.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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diff --git a/wine.changes b/wine.changes
index 5216afe..096bf88 100644
--- a/wine.changes
+++ b/wine.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May 21 07:50:21 UTC 2022 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
+
+- updated to 7.9 development release
+  - Preliminary work towards PE conversion of macOS driver.
+  - A number of fixes for test failures on Windows.
+  - Various bug fixes.
+- update staging to 7.9 release
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May  7 11:55:55 UTC 2022 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/wine.spec b/wine.spec
index 52afaa3..afcd6d2 100644
--- a/wine.spec
+++ b/wine.spec
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 %endif
 
 # needs to be on top due to usage of %version macro below
-%define realver 7.8
-Version:        7.8
+%define realver 7.9
+Version:        7.9
 Release:        0
 
 %if "%{flavor}" != ""
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 ExclusiveArch:  %{ix86} x86_64 ppc armv7l armv7hl aarch64
 %if %{staging}
 # upstream patch target version
-%define staging_version 7.8
+%define staging_version 7.9
 Source100:      wine-staging-%{staging_version}.tar.xz
 BuildRequires:  gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires:  libOSMesa-devel