diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0801675..3e2376b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/libvpd-2.2.8.tar.gz
+SOURCES/libvpd-2.2.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/.libvpd.metadata b/.libvpd.metadata
index 93ce64d..f0a10ae 100644
--- a/.libvpd.metadata
+++ b/.libvpd.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-be752c4f370b5719a0affe7edbe4e4e62de5f8ee SOURCES/libvpd-2.2.8.tar.gz
+17fcca6874e97490e2b44868b50bb1e2c456dc35 SOURCES/libvpd-2.2.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/libvpd.spec b/SPECS/libvpd.spec
index b6acda3..989319d 100644
--- a/SPECS/libvpd.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libvpd.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		libvpd
-Version:	2.2.8
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Version:	2.2.9
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	VPD Database access library for lsvpd
 
 License:	LGPLv2+
@@ -36,16 +36,6 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete
 
-# re-symlink *.so to SONAME, fix the symlinks issue by downgrade/upgrade
-pushd %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
-v=%{version}
-version=$(echo ${v%.[0-9]*})
-for lib in libvpd libvpd_cxx; do
-   rm -f ${lib}.so
-   ln -s ${lib}-${version}.so.2 ${lib}.so
-done
-popd
-
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -66,6 +56,9 @@ popd
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libvpd_cxx-2.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 06 2022 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 2.2.9-1
+- Resolves: #2051288, rebase to 2.2.9
+
 * Mon Aug 09 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 2.2.8-4
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
   Related: rhbz#1991688