diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1ff8fd4..a4f113a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ livecd-tools-033.tar.bz2
 /livecd-tools-17.6.tar.bz2
 /livecd-tools-17.7.tar.bz2
 /livecd-tools-17.8.tar.bz2
+/livecd-tools-17.9.tar.bz2
diff --git a/livecd-tools.spec b/livecd-tools.spec
index aa13af7..09cd31a 100644
--- a/livecd-tools.spec
+++ b/livecd-tools.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Summary: Tools for building live CDs
 Name: livecd-tools
-Version: 17.8
+Version: 17.9
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 License: GPLv2
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{python_sitelib}/imgcreate/*.pyc
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 24 2012 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> 17.9-1
+- Version 17.9 (bcl)
+- allow for use of yum plugins during livecd creation (notting)
+- Capitalise EFI names (mjg)
+- Add tighter Mac boot image integration (mjg)
+- fix quoting with basename and SRC (#814174) (bcl)
+- check for LIVE-REPO partition when writing DVD (#813905) (bcl)
+
 * Mon Apr 16 2012 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> 17.8-1
 - Version 17.8 (bcl)
 - add support for cost in kickstart repo line (#735079) (mads)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9a353b7..faaea40 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-62568a8ddd5c6a3b6fc940f90775cd42  livecd-tools-17.8.tar.bz2
+5ac94a7ea569af712eba230190a9d443  livecd-tools-17.9.tar.bz2