diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2b287ca..a828d12 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (utfcpp-4.0.8.tar.gz) = c33105136a65122f6b6c551af75a87d207d5cb30a53ab97569de713deff5766a213091b2f0f348771ca2d3b335aec7a17be731a1275be724e95490860758985c
+SHA512 (utfcpp-4.0.9.tar.gz) = 02e2b84b5ea827dfbc7fc1fef52e30d72fb2aca3e81ea7780d0286fe67c49500b3acf8f877af2b5feac81af2244341b9052ffbceed774e5442a8184785207478
diff --git a/utf8cpp.spec b/utf8cpp.spec
index 547a5a1..800d725 100644
--- a/utf8cpp.spec
+++ b/utf8cpp.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %global ftest_shortcommit %(c=%{ftest_commit}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
 Name:       utf8cpp
-Version:    4.0.8
+Version:    4.0.9
 Release:    1%{?dist}
 Summary:    A simple, portable and lightweight library for handling UTF-8 encoded strings
 License:    BSL-1.0
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ popd
 %{_datadir}/cmake/utf8cpp
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 02 2026 Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@greysector.net> - 4.0.9-1
+- update to 4.0.9 (resolves rhbz#2425940)
+
 * Sat Sep 20 2025 Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@greysector.net> - 4.0.8-1
 - update to 4.0.8 (resolves rhbz#2395010)