diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 69c8562..ba6e195 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ fail2ban-0.8.4.tar.bz2
 /fail2ban-0.9.4.tar.gz
 /fail2ban-0.9.5.tar.gz
 /fail2ban-0.9.6.tar.gz
+/fail2ban-0.9.7.tar.gz
diff --git a/2009f1c4346597dcc4fd27151d220ea4a7806fdd.patch b/2009f1c4346597dcc4fd27151d220ea4a7806fdd.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 73023fe..0000000
--- a/2009f1c4346597dcc4fd27151d220ea4a7806fdd.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-From 2009f1c4346597dcc4fd27151d220ea4a7806fdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: sebres <serg.brester@sebres.de>
-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 10:59:53 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] fail2ban-regex: fix for systemd-journal (see gh-1657)
-
----
- fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py | 31 ++++++++++++++-----------------
- fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py |  8 ++++++++
- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py b/fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py
-index 71f5095..13fa35d 100755
---- a/fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py
-+++ b/fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py
-@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@
- from ConfigParser import NoOptionError, NoSectionError, MissingSectionHeaderError
- 
- try:
--	from systemd import journal
- 	from ..server.filtersystemd import FilterSystemd
- except ImportError:
--	journal = None
-+	FilterSystemd = None
- 
- from ..version import version
-+from .jailreader import JailReader
- from .filterreader import FilterReader
- from ..server.filter import Filter, FileContainer
- from ..server.failregex import RegexException
-@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def pprint_list(l, header=None):
- 		s = ''
- 	output( s + "|  " + "\n|  ".join(l) + '\n`-' )
- 
--def journal_lines_gen(myjournal):
-+def journal_lines_gen(flt, myjournal): # pragma: no cover
- 	while True:
- 		try:
- 			entry = myjournal.get_next()
-@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def journal_lines_gen(myjournal):
- 			continue
- 		if not entry:
- 			break
--		yield FilterSystemd.formatJournalEntry(entry)
-+		yield flt.formatJournalEntry(entry)
- 
- def get_opt_parser():
- 	# use module docstring for help output
-@@ -513,25 +513,22 @@ def start(self, opts, args):
- 			except IOError as e:
- 				output( e )
- 				return False
--		elif cmd_log == "systemd-journal": # pragma: no cover
--			if not journal:
-+		elif cmd_log.startswith("systemd-journal"): # pragma: no cover
-+			if not FilterSystemd:
- 				output( "Error: systemd library not found. Exiting..." )
- 				return False
--			myjournal = journal.Reader(converters={'__CURSOR': lambda x: x})
-+			output( "Use         systemd journal" )
-+			output( "Use         encoding : %s" % self.encoding )
-+			backend, beArgs = JailReader.extractOptions(cmd_log)
-+			flt = FilterSystemd(None, **beArgs)
-+			flt.setLogEncoding(self.encoding)
-+			myjournal = flt.getJournalReader()
- 			journalmatch = self._journalmatch
- 			self.setDatePattern(None)
- 			if journalmatch:
--				try:
--					for element in journalmatch:
--						if element == "+":
--							myjournal.add_disjunction()
--						else:
--							myjournal.add_match(element)
--				except ValueError:
--					output( "Error: Invalid journalmatch: %s" % shortstr(" ".join(journalmatch)) )
--					return False
-+				flt.addJournalMatch(journalmatch)
- 			output( "Use    journal match : %s" % " ".join(journalmatch) )
--			test_lines = journal_lines_gen(myjournal)
-+			test_lines = journal_lines_gen(flt, myjournal)
- 		else:
- 			output( "Use      single line : %s" % shortstr(cmd_log) )
- 			test_lines = [ cmd_log ]
-diff --git a/fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py b/fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py
-index 3023155..908112a 100644
---- a/fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py
-+++ b/fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py
-@@ -175,6 +175,14 @@ def uni_decode(self, x):
- 		return v
- 
- 	##
-+	# Get journal reader
-+	#
-+	# @return journal reader
-+
-+	def getJournalReader(self):
-+		return self.__journal
-+
-+	##
- 	# Format journal log entry into syslog style
- 	#
- 	# @param entry systemd journal entry dict
diff --git a/fail2ban.spec b/fail2ban.spec
index 56f8973..a08cf2a 100644
--- a/fail2ban.spec
+++ b/fail2ban.spec
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 Summary: Daemon to ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
 Name: fail2ban
-Version: 0.9.6
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 0.9.7
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: http://fail2ban.sourceforge.net/
 Source0: https://github.com/%{name}/%{name}/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 #Source0: https://github.com/sebres/%{name}/archive/f2b-perfom-prepare-716-cs.tar.gz#/%{name}-test.tar.gz
-# fail2ban-regex: fix for systemd-journal
-# https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues/1657
-Patch0: https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/2009f1c4346597dcc4fd27151d220ea4a7806fdd.patch
 # Give up being PartOf iptables for now
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1379141
 Patch2: fail2ban-partof.patch
@@ -156,7 +153,6 @@ by default.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1 -b .journal
 %patch2 -p1 -b .partof
 %patch3 -p1 -b .sendmail
 # Use Fedora paths
@@ -297,6 +293,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 12 2017 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 0.9.7-1
+- Update to 0.9.7
+
 * Wed Feb 15 2017 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 0.9.6-3
 - Properly handle /run/fail2ban (bug #1422500)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b9708c4..4c7af9a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (fail2ban-0.9.6.tar.gz) = 4a0c09451409f81882664c2316867aa1c45572018b7f4647f8dc356f9115c9c2ff4a17098ef249bcc6712acfed6b5c99518b1c069ef1bf253d96c900d29be1d2
+SHA512 (fail2ban-0.9.7.tar.gz) = 2c28f892e882f1c7d9bc33d16e1f469f65aa198a1dd9fe409367cd857006d7b7e6e4c88f1075f726f8b3e268da5a422d9fae0ebe12457016d814e2b8eea2465a