diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3383401..15216e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 link-grammar-4.6.7.tar.gz
 /link-grammar-4.7.4.tar.gz
+/link-grammar-4.7.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/link-grammar.spec b/link-grammar.spec
index 4b54c22..539ddbd 100644
--- a/link-grammar.spec
+++ b/link-grammar.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A Grammar Checking library
 Name: link-grammar
-Version: 4.7.4
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 4.7.9
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 License: BSD
 Source: http://www.abisource.com/downloads/link-grammar/%{version}/link-grammar-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -86,10 +86,13 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %postun java -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
-* Thu Jul 19 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 4.7.4-3
+* Mon Dec 24 2011 Johannes Lips <Johannes.Lips@googlemail.com> - 4.7.9-1
+- Update to recent upstream version
+
+* Thu Jul 19 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> 
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
 
-* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 4.7.4-2
+* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> 
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
 
 * Tue Aug 02 2011 Johannes Lips <Johannes.Lips@googlemail.com> - 4.7.4-1
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c096dcb..9388898 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-e90e702a953641713a1292db20677bd2  link-grammar-4.7.4.tar.gz
+c115f2b46d577e038e52128ece034144  link-grammar-4.7.9.tar.gz