diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e06ad2e..d4d489c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 tuned-*.tar.bz2
 /tuned-2.9.0.rc1.tar.gz
+/tuned-2.9.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 41e7230..4fba2c9 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (tuned-2.9.0.rc1.tar.gz) = a97a5c71a127d4a8875539d1bb447904bf71b4ceef48663d8904e7dd32d1ffb27e35ea7cb6e474986d13fe8b1d1c89028356dd452f6991d910da29865b6ae29b
+SHA512 (tuned-2.9.0.tar.gz) = ece7e2f21cddccc6df6cbd72d88b2368e06ae16975820f29a3a435cf2609679fe539899d7b42a894b9cc70f6a9a007722c450798d532ba16315471c1215d5edf
diff --git a/tuned.spec b/tuned.spec
index 2c39348..6d4a8e3 100644
--- a/tuned.spec
+++ b/tuned.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-%global prerelease rc
-%global prereleasenum 1
+#%%global prerelease rc
+#%%global prereleasenum 2
 
 %global prerel1 %{?prerelease:.%{prerelease}%{prereleasenum}}
 %global prerel2 %{?prerelease:-%{prerelease}.%{prereleasenum}}
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Summary: A dynamic adaptive system tuning daemon
 Name: tuned
 Version: 2.9.0
-Release: 0.1%{?prerel1}%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?prerel1}%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Source: https://github.com/redhat-performance/%{name}/archive/v%{version}%{?prerel2}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}%{?prerel1}.tar.gz
 URL: http://www.tuned-project.org/
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ touch %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/modprobe.d/kvm.rt.tuned.conf
 # validate desktop file
 desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/tuned-gui.desktop
 
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/tuned/recommend.d
+
 %post
 %systemd_post tuned.service
 
@@ -195,6 +197,8 @@ fi
 if [ "$1" == 0 ]; then
 # clear persistent storage
   rm -f %{_var}/lib/tuned/*
+# clear temporal storage
+  rm -f /run/tuned/*
 fi
 
 
@@ -278,6 +282,7 @@ fi
 %exclude %{_prefix}/lib/tuned/cpu-partitioning
 %{_prefix}/lib/tuned
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/tuned
+%dir %{_sysconfdir}/tuned/recommend.d
 %dir %{_libexecdir}/tuned
 %{_libexecdir}/tuned/defirqaffinity*
 %config(noreplace) %verify(not size mtime md5) %{_sysconfdir}/tuned/active_profile
@@ -390,6 +395,20 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man7/tuned-profiles-compat.7*
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Oct 29 2017 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 2.9.0-1
+- new release
+  - rebased tuned to latest upstream
+    related: rhbz#1467576
+
+* Fri Oct 20 2017 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 2.9.0-0.2.rc2
+- new release
+  - rebased tuned to latest upstream
+    related: rhbz#1467576
+  - fixed expansion of the variables in the 'devices' section
+    related: rhbz#1490399
+  - cpu-partitioning: add no_rebalance_cores= option
+    resolves: rhbz#1497182
+
 * Thu Oct 12 2017 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 2.9.0-0.1.rc1
 - new release
   - rebased tuned to latest upstream