diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3a1c5d..29dd964 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ x265_1.6.tar.gz
 /x265_2.6.tar.gz
 /x265_2.7.tar.gz
 /x265_2.8.tar.gz
+/x265_2.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2c38b2f..09c2d99 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b68dcd4e8a495e53e53034a11fec5eb9  x265_2.8.tar.gz
+693ee4ce7929a59735f441107310f0bb  x265_2.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/x265-4504219210793536d921ee4e0b3058698c630bf4.diff b/x265-4504219210793536d921ee4e0b3058698c630bf4.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 30fe38e..0000000
--- a/x265-4504219210793536d921ee4e0b3058698c630bf4.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# HG changeset patch
-# User Jayashree <jayashree.c@multicorewareinc.com>
-# Date 1527224165 -19800
-# Node ID 4504219210793536d921ee4e0b3058698c630bf4
-# Parent  cc2c5e46f3c87d27e3602af30b06ba6a0fbe2704
-Fix build error on on ppc64le
-
-diff --git a/source/common/param.cpp b/source/common/param.cpp
---- a/source/common/param.cpp
-+++ b/source/common/param.cpp
-@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
-         if (bValueWasNull)
-             p->cpuid = atobool(value);
-         else
--            p->cpuid = parseCpuName(value, bError);
-+            p->cpuid = parseCpuName(value, bError, false);
- #endif
-     }
-     OPT("fps")
diff --git a/x265.spec b/x265.spec
index be9618a..a2a434a 100644
--- a/x265.spec
+++ b/x265.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-%global     _so_version 160
+%global     _so_version 165
 
 Summary:    H.265/HEVC encoder
 Name:       x265
-Version:    2.8
+Version:    2.9
 Release:    1%{?dist}
 URL:        http://x265.org/
 # source/Lib/TLibCommon - BSD
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ Patch1:     x265-high-bit-depth-soname.patch
 Patch2:     x265-detect_cpu_armhfp.patch
 Patch3:     x265-arm-cflags.patch
 Patch4:     x265-pkgconfig_path_fix.patch
-Patch5:     x265-4504219210793536d921ee4e0b3058698c630bf4.diff
-Patch6:     x265-2.8-asm-primitives.patch
+Patch5:     x265-2.8-asm-primitives.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  cmake3
@@ -140,6 +139,9 @@ done
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/x265.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Nov 18 2018 Leigh Scott <leigh123linux@googlemail.com> - 2.9-1
+- Update to 2.9
+
 * Thu Oct 04 2018 Sérgio Basto <sergio@serjux.com> - 2.8-1
 - Update to 2.8 more 2 patches to fix builds on non-x86 and arm
   https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265/issues/404/28-fails-to-build-on-ppc64le-gnu-linux