diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 319df63..8e86a2f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@
 /vim-8.0-456.tar.bz2
 /vim-8.0-458.tar.bz2
 /vim-8.0-494.tar.bz2
+/vim-8.0-497.tar.bz2
diff --git a/README.patches b/README.patches
index 7fdff8a..ac3b67c 100644
--- a/README.patches
+++ b/README.patches
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+commit 3ff2f09525e3461419886763efa1a01f08882d8c
+Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
+Date:   Tue Mar 21 13:22:44 2017 +0100
+
+    patch 8.0.0497: arabic support is not fully tested
+    
+    Problem:    Arabic support is not fully tested.
+    Solution:   Add more tests for the untested functions.  Comment out
+                unreachable code.
+
+commit 518c9b133baed4b1a555d7be0ece1b48bb234b1d
+Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
+Date:   Tue Mar 21 11:48:39 2017 +0100
+
+    patch 8.0.0496: insufficient testing for folding
+    
+    Problem:    Insufficient testing for folding.
+    Solution:   Add a couple more fold tests. (Dominique Pelle, closes #1579)
+
+commit f5610da7a8a5908e747d1ae39dbed1408bbd2644
+Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
+Date:   Mon Mar 20 21:47:16 2017 +0100
+
+    patch 8.0.0495: quotestar test uses timer instead of timeout
+    
+    Problem:    The quotestar test uses a timer instead of a timeout, thus it
+                cannot be rerun like a flaky test.
+    Solution:   Remove the timer and add a timeout. (Kazunobu Kuriyama)
+
 commit 1662ce104e47f6a1eb0c2004d86b995f74dc4652
 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
 Date:   Sun Mar 19 21:47:50 2017 +0100
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9cf5dc5..ed0e999 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (vim-8.0-494.tar.bz2) = ce392ffe356cb92866ff9e9aff5e55bfed049ec76175690d28dd21ad31ce5e27fafbb20b18e0d27c87cfa0f067bc2840da1cfc08ca6a5c198528d55155338786
+SHA512 (vim-8.0-497.tar.bz2) = 817c143b9b979fa1c70cdc265c952296d42f055dab690ed6cc62d6afa02744f9844407b2197a25debe9508543d1a7ffc396285dc75cc1272359566852541a85d
diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index bf82841..7aa7ef8 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%define patchlevel 494
+%define patchlevel 497
 %if %{?WITH_SELINUX:0}%{!?WITH_SELINUX:1}
 %define WITH_SELINUX 1
 %endif
@@ -763,6 +763,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_datadir}/icons/locolor/*/apps/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 21 2017 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 8.0.497-1
+- patchlevel 497
+
 * Mon Mar 20 2017 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 8.0.494-1
 - patchlevel 494