diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c9f2392..aa8245d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ tmux-1.3.tar.gz
 /tmux-2.7.tar.gz
 /tmux-2.8.tar.gz
 /tmux-2.9.tar.gz
+/tmux-2.9a.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3f2f884..39e32b1 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (tmux-2.9.tar.gz) = a712da19ebea240bafb3e8b0bf313baec6f2e6c6e32babac1221a0fbaaf4da82cd8cad4e6cf3da1e277ddc830b5405d104ca69b278627d3db5d0e4439d4896b3
+SHA512 (tmux-2.9a.tar.gz) = aca6882688727c10c5647443fdd18bbd6c0f80b7a3bf9667903d1b89d523e604cd715f176f33f2e5673258f00e626a6dc273f80fe97ae4f91621814d89985713
diff --git a/tmux.spec b/tmux.spec
index b3d0cb2..15b8c09 100644
--- a/tmux.spec
+++ b/tmux.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global _hardened_build 1
 
 Name:           tmux
-Version:        2.9
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Version:        2.9a
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        A terminal multiplexer
 
 # Most of the source is ISC licensed; some of the files in compat/ are 2 and
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/tmux
 
 %changelog
-* Sun May 12 2019 Filipe Rosset <rosset.filipe@gmail.com> - 2.9-1
-- update to version 2.9, fixes rhbz #1692933
+* Sun May 12 2019 Filipe Rosset <rosset.filipe@gmail.com> - 2.9a-2
+- update to version 2.9a, fixes rhbz #1692933
 - ChangeLog https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tmux/tmux/2.9/CHANGES
 - removed upstreamed patch