diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 20d2a63..5e4ae63 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ php-5.5.*.xz
 /php-5.6.23RC1-strip.tar.xz
 /php-5.6.23-strip.tar.xz
 /php-7.0.8.tar.xz
+/php-7.0.9RC1.tar.xz
diff --git a/php.spec b/php.spec
index 4c15283..0aa8a38 100644
--- a/php.spec
+++ b/php.spec
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
 %global db_devel  libdb-devel
 %endif
 
-#global rcver  RC1
-%global rpmrel 2
+%global rcver  RC1
+%global rpmrel 1
 
 Summary: PHP scripting language for creating dynamic web sites
 Name: php
-Version: 7.0.8
+Version: 7.0.9
 %if 0%{?rcver:1}
 Release: 0.%{rpmrel}.%{rcver}%{?dist}
 %else
@@ -1496,6 +1496,9 @@ rm -f README.{Zeus,QNX,CVS-RULES}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul  6 2016 Remi Collet <remi@fedoraproject.org> 7.0.9-0.1.RC1
+- Update to 7.0.9RC1
+
 * Thu Jun 30 2016 Remi Collet <remi@fedoraproject.org> 7.0.8-2
 - own tests/doc directories for pecl packages #1351345
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 55684ec..a52da51 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c4438583c95d3ddf746929d7fcb61045  php-7.0.8.tar.xz
+1751cf169ee173ad38071b42d2805607  php-7.0.9RC1.tar.xz