diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d791487..904789d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -56,3 +56,4 @@ libguestfs-1.5.3.tar.gz
 /libguestfs-1.9.6.tar.gz
 /libguestfs-1.9.7.tar.gz
 /libguestfs-1.9.8.tar.gz
+/libguestfs-1.9.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index eab7734..711f4a4 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 Summary:       Access and modify virtual machine disk images
 Name:          libguestfs
 Epoch:         1
-Version:       1.9.8
-Release:       2%{?dist}
+Version:       1.9.9
+Release:       1%{?dist}
 License:       LGPLv2+
 Group:         Development/Libraries
 URL:           http://libguestfs.org/
@@ -758,6 +758,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar  4 2011 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.9.9-1
+- New upstream version 1.9.9.
+
 * Tue Feb 08 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.9.8-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 22a2d55..bf26a06 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a2377d14a7dbdb49af83fe4e39b21ebe  libguestfs-1.9.8.tar.gz
+a8d111b1272be10aa39b6ecc3a269e6c  libguestfs-1.9.9.tar.gz