diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 17474e9..f3a5597 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ expat-2.0.1.tar.gz
 /expat-2.4.6.tar.bz2
 /expat-2.4.7.tar.bz2
 /expat-2.4.8.tar.bz2
+/expat-2.4.9.tar.bz2
diff --git a/mingw-expat.spec b/mingw-expat.spec
index d4c428e..27f9a53 100644
--- a/mingw-expat.spec
+++ b/mingw-expat.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %{?mingw_package_header}
 
 Name:           mingw-expat
-Version:        2.4.8
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        2.4.9
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        MinGW Windows port of expat XML parser library
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ rm -r %{buildroot}%{mingw64_docdir}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 21 2022 Sandro Mani <manisandro@gmail.com> - 2.4.9-1
+- Update to 2.4.9
+
 * Thu Jul 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.8-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 77bbb3b..d3dc2fb 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (expat-2.4.8.tar.bz2) = 46cc9d725f359b77681a2875bfefa15ceee50eb9513f6577607c0c5833dfa4241565c74f26b84b38d802c3cd8c32f00204fd74272bcecbd21229425764eef86c
+SHA512 (expat-2.4.9.tar.bz2) = fdfdc57dd11541eb307b38bd97ec84f78012c7b48fafc5c879b4b8c768cabfbcd7652ccec11e870bf31fee8f68174b22cf632de12c8c46601277f6750f90c192