diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 925bd5f..70ca289 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ wget-1.12.tar.bz2
 /wget-1.17.tar.xz
 /wget-1.17.1.tar.xz
 /wget-1.18.tar.xz
+/wget-1.19.tar.xz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4fcd664..0a9c465 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-af9ca95a4bb8ac4a9bf10aeae66fa5ec  wget-1.18.tar.xz
+SHA512 (wget-1.19.tar.xz) = 2dd49d063dc3a210c4959b70ec301bb3ea5c6ba00c9a6407d0b79f8ab5a14534a2a1108b2013ff959e8089f706006d103c8794c6d638b954996873ca3ef481fc
diff --git a/wget-rh-modified.patch b/wget-rh-modified.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 895392a..0000000
--- a/wget-rh-modified.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- configure~	2011-09-13 03:15:38.000000000 -0500
-+++ configure	2011-12-16 09:19:34.574773958 -0600
-@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
- PACKAGE_NAME='wget'
- PACKAGE_TARNAME='wget'
- PACKAGE_VERSION='1.18'
--PACKAGE_STRING='wget 1.18'
-+PACKAGE_STRING='wget 1.18 (Red Hat modified)'
- PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bug-wget@gnu.org'
- PACKAGE_URL=''
- 
diff --git a/wget.spec b/wget.spec
index 0eef670..bd9196e 100644
--- a/wget.spec
+++ b/wget.spec
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 Summary: A utility for retrieving files using the HTTP or FTP protocols
 Name: wget
-Version: 1.18
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 1.19
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group: Applications/Internet
 Url: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-%{version}.tar.xz
 
-Patch1: wget-rh-modified.patch
-Patch2: wget-1.17-path.patch
+Patch1: wget-1.17-path.patch
 
 Provides: webclient
 Provides: bundled(gnulib) 
@@ -30,8 +29,12 @@ support for Proxy servers, and configurability.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch1 -p0 -b .rh_modified
-%patch2 -p1 -b .path
+
+# modify the package string
+sed -i "s|\(PACKAGE_STRING='wget .*\)'|\1 (Red Hat modified)'|" configure
+grep "PACKAGE_STRING='wget .* (Red Hat modified)'" configure || exit 1
+
+%patch1 -p1 -b .path
 
 %build
 %configure \
@@ -78,6 +81,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_infodir}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 10 2017 Tomas Hozza <thozza@redhat.com> - 1.19-1
+- New upstream version 1.19 (#1419013)
+
 * Tue Jul 26 2016 Tomas Hozza <thozza@redhat.com> - 1.18-2
 - Switched openssl to gnutls for crypto