diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de05d21..2f0e5b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@
 /libstoragemgmt-1.8.6.tar.gz
 /libstoragemgmt-1.8.7.tar.gz
 /libstoragemgmt-1.8.8.tar.gz
+/libstoragemgmt-1.9.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/libstoragemgmt.spec b/libstoragemgmt.spec
index 5d76e80..838dbd9 100644
--- a/libstoragemgmt.spec
+++ b/libstoragemgmt.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %bcond_with     test
 
 Name:           libstoragemgmt
-Version:        1.8.8
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        1.9.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Storage array management library
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/libstorage/libstoragemgmt
@@ -326,8 +326,6 @@ fi
 %files -n python3-%{name}
 %dir %{python3_sitearch}/lsm
 %{python3_sitearch}/lsm/__init__.*
-%dir %{python3_sitearch}/lsm/external
-%{python3_sitearch}/lsm/external/*
 %{python3_sitearch}/lsm/_client.*
 %{python3_sitearch}/lsm/_common.*
 %{python3_sitearch}/lsm/_local_disk.*
@@ -443,6 +441,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/local_lsmplugin.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 25 2021 Tony Asleson <tasleson@redhat.com> - 1.9.0-1
+- Upgrade to 1.9.0
+
 * Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.8-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ca07069..f71447c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libstoragemgmt-1.8.8.tar.gz) = bc4d578c678340641485eb25da1978706cd7313eade6dcec1965452d566a7ca28d414a4901f94bb964707241808424ecda638661f641ee3175cb20d8082011c3
+SHA512 (libstoragemgmt-1.9.0.tar.gz) = 8b5d45ec9af22f0e9d74a27b1cc57df7ae7e3a0e44208bf5f3336b19a1a21dc6f0176c3f761c3d12617d49b2f93015636aafd7cba726d5901ebc70fc1c6781f4