diff --git a/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.17.0.patch b/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.17.0.patch
index 954f7cf..69cc08f 100644
--- a/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.17.0.patch
+++ b/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.17.0.patch
@@ -418,13 +418,17 @@ index cb8076433e..22227c4957 100644
  	@if cmp -s $(@F).tmp $@; then \
  	  touch $@; \
 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
-index c10e9bfacc..673f227202 100644
+index c10e9bfacc..7d4a8c0815 100644
 --- a/NEWS
 +++ b/NEWS
-@@ -1,3 +1,79 @@
-+v2.17.8 - xx xxx xxxx
+@@ -1,3 +1,83 @@
++v2.17.9 - xx xxx xxxx
 +---------------------
 +
++v2.17.8 - 17 Oct 2023
++---------------------
++   - Bug fixes
++
 +v2.17.7 - 27 Jun 2023
 +---------------------
 +   - Bug fixes
@@ -839,7 +843,7 @@ index ee5553f456..3e937910be 100755
          sys.exit(1)
      for line in s.splitlines():
 diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 4e9bcce272..81ba565992 100644
+index 4e9bcce272..3c9562a441 100644
 --- a/configure.ac
 +++ b/configure.ac
 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
@@ -847,7 +851,7 @@ index 4e9bcce272..81ba565992 100644
  
  AC_PREREQ(2.63)
 -AC_INIT(openvswitch, 2.17.0, bugs@openvswitch.org)
-+AC_INIT(openvswitch, 2.17.8, bugs@openvswitch.org)
++AC_INIT(openvswitch, 2.17.9, bugs@openvswitch.org)
  AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([datapath/datapath.c])
  AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
  AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
@@ -1112,15 +1116,21 @@ index cc0840704a..2a206305ec 100644
          completionList->dropNbl = NULL;
          completionList->dropNblNext = &completionList->dropNbl;
 diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
-index 3e0d3a66e3..e5de002d34 100644
+index 3e0d3a66e3..8edbcad89c 100644
 --- a/debian/changelog
 +++ b/debian/changelog
-@@ -1,3 +1,51 @@
+@@ -1,3 +1,57 @@
++openvswitch (2.17.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
++   [ Open vSwitch team ]
++   * New upstream version
++
++ -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org>  Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:01:45 +0200
++
 +openvswitch (2.17.8-1) unstable; urgency=low
 +   [ Open vSwitch team ]
 +   * New upstream version
 +
-+ -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org>  Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:08:41 +0200
++ -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org>  Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:01:45 +0200
 +
 +openvswitch (2.17.7-1) unstable; urgency=low
 +   [ Open vSwitch team ]
diff --git a/SPECS/openvswitch2.17.spec b/SPECS/openvswitch2.17.spec
index af14b98..bcc2be3 100644
--- a/SPECS/openvswitch2.17.spec
+++ b/SPECS/openvswitch2.17.spec
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Summary: Open vSwitch
 Group: System Environment/Daemons daemon/database/utilities
 URL: http://www.openvswitch.org/
 Version: 2.17.0
-Release: 129%{?dist}
+Release: 130%{?dist}
 
 # Nearly all of openvswitch is ASL 2.0.  The bugtool is LGPLv2+, and the
 # lib/sflow*.[ch] files are SISSL
@@ -749,6 +749,13 @@ exit 0
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 18 2023 Open vSwitch CI <ovs-ci@redhat.com> - 2.17.0-130
+- Merging upstream branch-2.17 [RH git: 73a70edb2a]
+    Commit list:
+    7fb2197e1e Prepare for 2.17.9.
+    275be1eb95 Set release date for 2.17.8.
+
+
 * Fri Oct 13 2023 Open vSwitch CI <ovs-ci@redhat.com> - 2.17.0-129
 - Merging upstream branch-2.17 [RH git: b157ba753e]
     Commit list: