diff --git a/pyicu.spec b/pyicu.spec
index d85c4f8..d451791 100644
--- a/pyicu.spec
+++ b/pyicu.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:          pyicu
-Version:       2.8.1
+Version:       2.9
 Release:       1mamba
 Summary:       A Python extension wrapping IBM's International Components for Unicode C++ library (ICU)
 Group:         System/Libraries
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ sed -i "\,\.egg-info/,d;s,.*/man/.*,&.gz," %{name}.filelist
 %{python_sitearch}/PyICU-%{version}-py*.egg-info/*
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Apr 23 2022 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 2.9-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
 * Thu Feb 10 2022 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 2.8.1-1mamba
 - automatic version update by autodist