diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9efbe1..07b5629 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -145,3 +145,4 @@
 /ibus-typing-booster-2.9.5.tar.gz
 /ibus-typing-booster-2.9.6.tar.gz
 /ibus-typing-booster-2.9.7.tar.gz
+/ibus-typing-booster-2.9.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/ibus-typing-booster.spec b/ibus-typing-booster.spec
index 4842fa8..d02b645 100644
--- a/ibus-typing-booster.spec
+++ b/ibus-typing-booster.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:       ibus-typing-booster
-Version:    2.9.7
+Version:    2.9.8
 Release:    1%{?dist}
 Summary:    A completion input method
 License:    GPLv3+, ASL 2.0
@@ -230,6 +230,18 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/applications/emoji-picker.desktop
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 06 2020 Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com> - 2.9.8-1
+- Update to 2.9.8
+- Prevent also Delete from reopening a preedit when the option
+  “Arrow keys can reopen a preedit” is off
+- When the input is empty, Escape should be passed through,
+  not inserted into the preedit
+- Fix itb_util.tokenize(): if the input is only whitespace,
+  the return should be an empty list
+- Don’t clear context after typing Return, KP_Enter, ISO_Enter
+- Improve behaviour of case modes
+- Update emoji annotations from CLDR
+
 * Mon Sep 07 2020 Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com> - 2.9.7-1
 - Update to 2.9.7
 - Add commands “next_case_mode” and “previous_case_mode”
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ff882de..f43979e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ibus-typing-booster-2.9.7.tar.gz) = 984beacdd6b853e074127372a912442ba1dbc536ecf194a34d03025277b9d6277e967e63a9bdcd1620f5094965a191297ccae9adbff2d54d1cd474437a1ec16b
+SHA512 (ibus-typing-booster-2.9.8.tar.gz) = d2e1741fdd5668357a8002e54908f1b20ae0c578490df50d64e6eb7675efd474f19888bf405fdcbbceb7e396f9fdf77cb20ff8e6284f4e74ad6c87a210acf310