diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1a174ad..19b06bc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@
 /modulemd-2.8.2.tar.xz
 /modulemd-2.8.3.tar.xz
 /modulemd-2.9.0.tar.xz
+/modulemd-2.9.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/.make_packit_specfile.sh b/.make_packit_specfile.sh
index bef12c9..092c9d0 100755
--- a/.make_packit_specfile.sh
+++ b/.make_packit_specfile.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ hash=$(echo $version_desc | cut -d '-' -f4)
 if [ x$patch_count != x ]; then
     release=0.${date}.${patch_count}git${hash}%{?dist}
 else
-    release=0.${date}%{?dist}
+    release=1%{?dist}
 fi
 
 ./spec_tmpl.sh version=$version release=$release template=libmodulemd.spec.in > libmodulemd.spec
diff --git a/libmodulemd.spec b/libmodulemd.spec
index 334bfe5..967055a 100644
--- a/libmodulemd.spec
+++ b/libmodulemd.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           libmodulemd
-Version:        2.9.0
+Version:        2.9.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Module metadata manipulation library
 
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/modulemd-validator \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 14 2020 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 2.9.1-1
+- new upstream release: 2.9.1
+
 * Wed Feb 12 2020 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 2.9.0-1
 - new upstream release: 2.9.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 01d47e2..ff18530 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (modulemd-2.9.0.tar.xz) = ef44829b078f1a7ce807edbd043b9964005765c36ff0d7f896d85c7850a02c1414844a60d96ca6fa45efa064407cf62d417fa9100455e656327322f06b814759
+SHA512 (modulemd-2.9.1.tar.xz) = 9f32bcea4f020edc4bc3de747c4cd588efc80a28922b075185907289bfd88d7436717908594b0709c04ae5dc578b0097591c7fb0f61acad32f4f56e74b3bc375