diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 739f22d..2a34db7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ freeciv-2.2.2.tar.bz2
 /freeciv-2.5.6.tar.bz2
 /freeciv-2.5.7.tar.bz2
 /freeciv-2.5.8.tar.bz2
+/freeciv-2.5.9.tar.bz2
diff --git a/freeciv.spec b/freeciv.spec
index f5fd948..06793fc 100644
--- a/freeciv.spec
+++ b/freeciv.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %{!?_ggz_datadir:%define _ggz_datadir %(%{_ggz_config} --datadir >& /dev/null ||:)}
 
 Name:           freeciv
-Version:        2.5.8
+Version:        2.5.9
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A multi-player strategy game
 
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ fi
 %{_sysconfdir}/freeciv/database.lua
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Aug 19 2017 Gwyn Ciesla <limburgher@gmail.com> - 2.5.9-1
+- 2.5.9.
+
 * Sun Aug 13 2017 Gwyn Ciesla <limburgher@gmail.com> - 2.5.8-1
 - 2.5.8.
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d797bb5..39b4634 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (freeciv-2.5.8.tar.bz2) = e6bda4b99fa4637eb1b4bebc2628cbd63794037eea8118c8d08a92a19692b504df04e4ccc5b8eff4db018f325522c05241bf221a4bd048c4c3916f4233e8be0a
+SHA512 (freeciv-2.5.9.tar.bz2) = e8002dc2d0c313ec34d6245f69bf8cc9ed4f98a826d9f564e21cbca379529f6060b8efb3453ec38cb2c7efd222a4aea04033c3ff84b191271ba0af5b770c7677