diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4802200..0b8babd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 /ucx-1.8.0.tar.gz
 /ucx-1.8.1-rc4.tar.gz
 /ucx-1.8.1.tar.gz
+/ucx-1.9.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8fb95f6..4583427 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ucx-1.8.1.tar.gz) = cffc804b9a0314adffe03618274c689ade99ae4415e53a592536f538758f9440011dc2c7ec8ac838bc6fbda67f6b0c5885b77a2daab3ece3de18138e4d643b7b
+SHA512 (ucx-1.9.0.tar.gz) = 2e8507e9cbba9ea445efdf8be5b5128dfc76cce30111805e9f7a5618bbbbb77d2bb449b6ad5e415f086b3156b63128306671d3a906583248cde720edb4241c67
diff --git a/ucx.spec b/ucx.spec
index b01298f..87d7c6a 100644
--- a/ucx.spec
+++ b/ucx.spec
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 %bcond_with    xpmem
 
 Name: ucx
-Version: 1.8.1
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Version: 1.9.0
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: UCX is a communication library implementing high-performance messaging
 
 License: BSD
 URL: http://www.openucx.org
-Source: https://github.com/openucx/%{name}/releases/download/v1.8.1/ucx-1.8.1.tar.gz
+Source: https://github.com/openucx/%{name}/releases/download/v%{version}/ucx-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch:  ucx-config.patch
 # This avoids a false positive from gcc-11 by making the problematic
 # pointer volatile rather than disabling the warning completely
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ process to map the memory of another process into its virtual address space.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov  2 2020 Orion Poplawski <orion@nwra.com> - 1.9.0-1
+- Update to 1.9.0
+
 * Fri Oct 30 2020 Jeff Law <law@redhat.com> 1.8.1-5
 - Adjust workaround for gcc-11 diagnostic to narrow its scope