diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 633bb71..b98fa9e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ findlib-1.2.5.tar.gz
 /findlib-1.7.3.tar.gz
 /findlib-1.8.0.tar.gz
 /findlib-1.8.1.tar.gz
+/findlib-1.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/ocaml-findlib.spec b/ocaml-findlib.spec
index 3b82e14..a480dbf 100644
--- a/ocaml-findlib.spec
+++ b/ocaml-findlib.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 Name:           ocaml-findlib
-Version:        1.8.1
-Release:        26%{?dist}
+Version:        1.9
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Objective CAML package manager and build helper
 License:        BSD
 
 URL:            http://projects.camlcity.org/projects/findlib.html
 Source0:        http://download.camlcity.org/download/findlib-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  ocaml >= 4.02.0
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-labltk-devel
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-ocamlbuild-devel
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ocaml-compiler-libs
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-ocamldoc
 BuildRequires:  m4, ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  gawk
+BuildRequires:  make
 Requires:       ocaml
 
 %global __ocaml_requires_opts -i Asttypes -i Parsetree
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n findlib-%{version}
 
+# Stray backslash in findlib 1.9.  Fix sent upstream 2021-03-15.
+sed -i -e 's/\(test.*camlp4.*\) \\$/\1/' Makefile
+
 
 %build
 ocamlc -version
@@ -99,6 +102,9 @@ make install \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 15 2021 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.9-1
+- New upstream version 1.9.
+
 * Mon Mar 15 2021 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.8.1-26
 - Bump and rebuild for ELN broken deps.
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4ed6529..96b622a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (findlib-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 0d8e1ff21217fcc6823aab3ac71282789691e4ae8c3607703d0393468247f93e2d084bd4e2a8795b523f2c7f193521d3aae4b8122c934ebf8b58c3185a5bc9c1
+SHA512 (findlib-1.9.tar.gz) = b2084ef88d514cdec1ea988487f23ea006189031ff2eddf1d2f2e96db0f164856929475fbd8b5f6cf3844e8b3f0fba2aa8b7846174f1a1d815ce459eda3b661f