diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3be30be..cffb02a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-/webmock-1.7.6.gem
-/webmock-1.7.10.gem
-/webmock-1.8.7.gem
+webmock-1.9.0.gem
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rubygem-webmock.spec b/rubygem-webmock.spec
index a9a8dcf..a47c6f7 100644
--- a/rubygem-webmock.spec
+++ b/rubygem-webmock.spec
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@
 
 Summary: Library for stubbing HTTP requests in Ruby
 Name: rubygem-%{gem_name}
-Version: 1.8.7
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 1.9.0
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Group: Development/Languages
 License: MIT
 URL: http://github.com/bblimke/webmock
 Source0: http://rubygems.org/gems/%{gem_name}-%{version}.gem
-Patch0: webmock-%{version}-downgrade-dependencies.patch
 Requires: ruby(abi) = %{rubyabi}
 Requires: ruby(rubygems)
 Requires: rubygem(addressable) => 2.2.6
@@ -44,10 +43,6 @@ mkdir -p .%{gem_dir}
 gem install --local --install-dir .%{gem_dir} \
              --force %{SOURCE0}
 
-pushd .%{gem_dir}
-%patch0 -p1
-popd
-
 %build
 
 %install
@@ -82,6 +77,9 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 13 2012 Mo Morsi <mmorsi@redhat.com> - 1.9.0-1
+- Updated to webmock 1.9.0
+
 * Sat Jul 21 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.7-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ab84085..19bfcd5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-431254dc46b53222c5efef4dfd0e5c02  webmock-1.8.7.gem
+3a22d2aabb0dfe7b0daa4cddb93761e0  webmock-1.9.0.gem
diff --git a/webmock-1.8.7-downgrade-dependencies.patch b/webmock-1.8.7-downgrade-dependencies.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7047279..0000000
--- a/webmock-1.8.7-downgrade-dependencies.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
---- a/specifications/webmock-1.8.7.gemspec
-+++ b/specifications/webmock-1.8.7.gemspec
-@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
-     s.specification_version = 3
- 
-     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
--      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<addressable>, [">= 2.2.7"])
-+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<addressable>, [">= 2.2.6"])
-       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<crack>, [">= 0.1.7"])
-       s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 2.10"])
-       s.add_development_dependency(%q<httpclient>, [">= 2.2.4"])
-@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
-       s.add_development_dependency(%q<minitest>, [">= 2.2.2"])
-       s.add_development_dependency(%q<rdoc>, ["> 3.5.0"])
-     else
--      s.add_dependency(%q<addressable>, [">= 2.2.7"])
-+      s.add_dependency(%q<addressable>, [">= 2.2.6"])
-       s.add_dependency(%q<crack>, [">= 0.1.7"])
-       s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 2.10"])
-       s.add_dependency(%q<httpclient>, [">= 2.2.4"])
-@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
-       s.add_dependency(%q<rdoc>, ["> 3.5.0"])
-     end
-   else
--    s.add_dependency(%q<addressable>, [">= 2.2.7"])
-+    s.add_dependency(%q<addressable>, [">= 2.2.6"])
-     s.add_dependency(%q<crack>, [">= 0.1.7"])
-     s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 2.10"])
-     s.add_dependency(%q<httpclient>, [">= 2.2.4"])
-