diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f47ccb5..5b15b23 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@
 /XlsxWriter-3.1.2.tar.gz
 /XlsxWriter-3.1.3.tar.gz
 /XlsxWriter-3.1.6.tar.gz
+/XlsxWriter-3.1.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-xlsxwriter.spec b/python-xlsxwriter.spec
index 14b3d36..ce9706f 100644
--- a/python-xlsxwriter.spec
+++ b/python-xlsxwriter.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %global src_name XlsxWriter
 
 Name:		python-%{pypi_name}
-Version:	3.1.6
+Version:	3.1.9
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Python module for writing files in the Excel 2007+ XLSX file format
 License:	BSD
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ rm -rf %{src_name}.egg-info
 %{_bindir}/vba_extract.py
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Oct 22 2023 Rajeesh K V <rajeeshknambiar@gmail.com> - 3.1.9-1
+- New release 3.1.9
+
 * Sun Oct 08 2023 Rajeesh K V <rajeeshknambiar@gmail.com> - 3.1.6-1
 - New release 3.1.6
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 40be061..d291c1f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (XlsxWriter-3.1.6.tar.gz) = 09809bdad7af598d0e055cac6915e1a6f9bebfb7894e92dd7b21708e5a731696f24f3d5b8606cbb0bb8de3d973525a5fa71acfec33e4e6208e528bfe2ff0e23d
+SHA512 (XlsxWriter-3.1.9.tar.gz) = f5056a99c49c8e4bace8dfca6e9a0fff77cac07e0ac72c1e36db66d4f998f816026eadf73e2138ff068c2e27bc27e6d8b594dce36830a308158d9283c44f6644