diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0656445..e08e315 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,3 +50,4 @@
 /fwupd-1.2.6.tar.xz
 /fwupd-1.2.7.tar.xz
 /fwupd-1.2.8.tar.xz
+/fwupd-1.2.9.tar.xz
diff --git a/fwupd.spec b/fwupd.spec
index 8347c73..aa0760a 100644
--- a/fwupd.spec
+++ b/fwupd.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 %global systemd_version 231
 %global json_glib_version 1.1.1
 
+# PPC64 is too slow to complete the tests under 3 minutes...
+%ifnarch ppc64le
 %global enable_tests 1
+%endif
+
 %global enable_dummy 1
 
 # fwupd.efi is only available on these arches
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@
 
 Summary:   Firmware update daemon
 Name:      fwupd
-Version:   1.2.8
+Version:   1.2.9
 Release:   1%{?dist}
 License:   LGPLv2+
 URL:       https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd
@@ -286,6 +290,7 @@ mkdir -p --mode=0700 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_localstatedir}/lib/fwupd/gnupg
 %if 0%{?have_dell}
 %{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-3/libfu_plugin_synapticsmst.so
 %endif
+%{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-3/libfu_plugin_synaptics_prometheus.so
 %if 0%{?enable_dummy}
 %{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-3/libfu_plugin_test.so
 %endif
@@ -323,6 +328,20 @@ mkdir -p --mode=0700 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_localstatedir}/lib/fwupd/gnupg
 %config(noreplace)%{_sysconfdir}/fwupd/remotes.d/fwupd-tests.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 20 2019 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> 1.2.9-1
+- New upstream release
+- Add support for Synaptics Prometheus fingerprint readers
+- Check the daemon version is at least the client version
+- Correctly identify DFU firmware that starts at offset zero
+- Display the remote warning on the console in an easy-to-read way
+- Export the version-format used by devices to clients
+- Fix a libasan failure when reading a UEFI variable
+- Never guess the version format from the version string
+- Only use class-based instance IDs for quirk matching
+- Prompt the user to shutdown if required when installing by ID
+- Reset the forced version during DFU attach and detach
+- Set the version format for more device types
+
 * Tue Apr 23 2019 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> 1.2.8-1
 - New upstream release
 - Allow the fwupdmgr tool to modify the daemon config
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8a944e2..3bb430d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (fwupd-1.2.8.tar.xz) = 6e63605dabdb146e9d32bec3d0c4352b961dbdf9bf8b2094d5f01409400dbf4ec8d2c819ebf951faaac249ed19206b78c4479fcaf2e2d5c19ffc5f5701f19b89
+SHA512 (fwupd-1.2.9.tar.xz) = ce9684f93c4bfdc8629bdbf0c4d939a7eaf18f6ddb3d2268a3d243686f94a56d8cf59de9f8109c0de4da88b5b97b0b5fce0768b26e9e0047194aafccf7835973