diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c2fc4a..6788234 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@
 /urllib3-1.26.6.tar.gz
 /urllib3-1.26.7.tar.gz
 /urllib3-1.26.8.tar.gz
+/urllib3-1.26.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-urllib3.spec b/python-urllib3.spec
index c66aa6b..324c9ac 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.spec
+++ b/python-urllib3.spec
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 %bcond_without tests
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
-Version:        1.26.8
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.26.9
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling and file post
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ ln -s %{python3_sitelib}/__pycache__/six.cpython-%{python3_version_nodots}.pyc \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 30 2022 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 1.26.9-1
+- Update to 1.26.9. fixes rhbz#2064777
+
 * Fri Jan 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.26.8-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 62c58a2..7475799 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (urllib3-1.26.8.tar.gz) = 7ba3c3f48315d0f2ef3f2fbdef2b9e508a4af4e9c9f805b96bab2f47d5d35dc29672a16f2163a0ba375ea01bbc005052481ead37dfdcba18f22e90e03616b6d5
+SHA512 (urllib3-1.26.9.tar.gz) = 328994450c2053681acf81d6dc6132b3d2408d728cb0e44f571d794f673fe212f2211142b26bacc1c5a076cc20c40e37cecbc3ffb5673b6399419b1345d0c0d2