diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf8e9a9..70ed8f4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /pyotherside-1.5.3.tar.gz
 /pyotherside-1.5.4.tar.gz
 /pyotherside-1.5.8.tar.gz
+/pyotherside-1.5.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/pyotherside.spec b/pyotherside.spec
index 2a11889..f3f065e 100644
--- a/pyotherside.spec
+++ b/pyotherside.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Asynchronous Python 3 Bindings for Qt 5
 Name: pyotherside
-Version:    1.5.8
-Release:    6%{?dist}
+Version:    1.5.9
+Release:    1%{?dist}
 Source0: http://thp.io/2011/pyotherside/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 URL: http://thp.io/2011/pyotherside/
 License: ISC
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ make INSTALL_ROOT=%{buildroot} install
 %exclude %{_qt5_prefix}/tests/qtquicktests
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 20 2020 Martin Kolman <mkolman@redhat.com> - 1.5.9-1
+- Update to 1.5.9
+- this should fix build issues with Python 3.9
+
 * Mon Dec 09 2019 Jan Grulich <jgrulich@redhat.com> - 1.5.8-6
 - rebuild (qt5)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5213ddb..840f0b0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (pyotherside-1.5.8.tar.gz) = ff82bf693a239560001baa622c3854dbc920310573f4e565f247ac79a8ed717446231bc9a9d4990e9b8cb4032ca05d0c5ec9a1c87341be09238a62d005e6ac0f
+SHA512 (pyotherside-1.5.9.tar.gz) = 62c171b273b921d8e0220c7b73f0ff95a0a911eb3785cc37f3dab2ec624e54301ac5fbccfb57cac6a4bee967728624d4738b03aff0c5762452b99674cdff6ab2