diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c54a888..9fb3234 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ httpcomponents-core-4.1.4-src.tar.gz
 /httpcomponents-core-4.4.6-src.tar.gz
 /httpcomponents-core-4.4.7-src.tar.gz
 /httpcomponents-core-4.4.8-src.tar.gz
+/httpcomponents-core-4.4.9-src.tar.gz
diff --git a/httpcomponents-core.spec b/httpcomponents-core.spec
index 416677a..a0e6277 100644
--- a/httpcomponents-core.spec
+++ b/httpcomponents-core.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           httpcomponents-core
 Summary:        Set of low level Java HTTP transport components for HTTP services
-Version:        4.4.8
+Version:        4.4.9
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            http://hc.apache.org/
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ done
 %doc LICENSE.txt NOTICE.txt
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 16 2018 Michael Simacek <msimacek@redhat.com> - 4.4.9-1
+- Update to upstream version 4.4.9
+
 * Sun Oct 22 2017 Michael Simacek <msimacek@redhat.com> - 4.4.8-1
 - Update to upstream version 4.4.8
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 370d29d..b26db39 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (httpcomponents-core-4.4.8-src.tar.gz) = 74d1fafd7554b9387dfb4fae36543b9833f1703954818de22a6598a43516434f0fc9e185e4ec75c085fa51000503b34fea973d8c2152145bfe26f8cc0dfbef02
+SHA512 (httpcomponents-core-4.4.9-src.tar.gz) = e303631155abd06780049becc5c386dd8db1a80b03895bc951a7c41968184a561a6fd40f00ffc6f27057e9703fbcb18d8b18bd7f0f91ce737699e06136441496