diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed44871..a2c0208 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 /sip-6.7.5.tar.gz
 /sip-6.7.6.tar.gz
 /sip-6.7.7.tar.gz
+/sip-6.7.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/sip6.spec b/sip6.spec
index 39bd08c..8248201 100644
--- a/sip6.spec
+++ b/sip6.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global pypi_name sip
 
 Name:           sip6
-Version:        6.7.7
+Version:        6.7.9
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        SIP - Python/C++ Bindings Generator
 %py_provides    python3-sip6
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ Python bindings for wxWidgets.}
 %{python3_sitearch}/sipbuild/
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 26 2023 Scott Talbert <swt@techie.net> - 6.7.9-1
+- Update to new upstream release 6.7.9 (#2185559)
+
 * Tue Feb 07 2023 Scott Talbert <swt@techie.net> - 6.7.7-1
 - Update to new upstream release 6.7.7 (#2167385)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c7be54b..32a235b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (sip-6.7.7.tar.gz) = b41a1e53e8bad1fca08eda2c89b8a7cabe6cb9e54d0ddeba0c718499b0288633fb6b90128d54f3df2420e20bb217d3df224750d30e865487d2b0a640fba82444
+SHA512 (sip-6.7.9.tar.gz) = bb9d0d0d92002b6fd33f7e8ebe8cd62456dacc16b5734b73760b1ba14fb9b1f2b9b6640b40196c6cf5f345e1afde48bdef39675c4d3480041771325d4cf3c233