diff --git a/download b/download
index 2146f6e0257ea4faa7f27a9ecb6da5a44520f823..8ad797e6655c9db9909b3b2c0566dfc13684ab2d 100644
--- a/download
+++ b/download
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 fc25f988b87b5187d4e2f006efa699a3  cbindgen-vendor.tar.xz
-77b6916af60f837fa3cca31ada307acb  thunderbird-128.8.0esr.b5.processed-source.tar.xz
-cefc023260ab9a77ce484460b62ff817  thunderbird-langpacks-128.8.0esr-20250305.tar.xz
+7b8ae91158679800119a580b59511ef8  thunderbird-128.9.0esr.b3.processed-source.tar.xz
+b9e16b1d3419e8a2017c1ede161d1c2a  thunderbird-langpacks-128.9.0esr-20250331.tar.xz
 7b35b9a003996b1f1dbc3cd936a609f2  nspr-4.35.0-1.el8_1.src.rpm
 ab085bce989de91681f48fdd05be4c0f  nss-3.101.0-7.el8_2.src.rpm
 dbf6357877e3e1042de1a95cdfb61507  nss-3.101.0-7.el9_2.src.rpm
diff --git a/process-official-tarball b/process-official-tarball
index 0ec4b478aef812e18255a6a6f97b4bca5842531b..c3f407702502fe6cf5d3a92490a8b0b7a91243ba 100755
--- a/process-official-tarball
+++ b/process-official-tarball
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ rm -vf ./process-tarball-dir/*/third_party/python/pip/pip-24.0.dist-info/AUTHORS
 rm -vf ./process-tarball-dir/*/comm/third_party/rust/idna/tests/IdnaTestV2.txt
 rm -vr ./process-tarball-dir/*/comm/third_party/rust/wast/tests/parse-fail/confusing*
 
+# We uses system freetype2
+rm -vrf ./process-tarball-dir/*/modules/freetype2
+
 processed_tarball=${1/source/processed-source}
 
 cd ./process-tarball-dir
diff --git a/thunderbird.spec b/thunderbird.spec
index edde6b3971bb8cec2f7f2153dd8cc5afa089f349..a29a3b34b0b6b7f70138399e3a619af62ec1da9f 100644
--- a/thunderbird.spec
+++ b/thunderbird.spec
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ end}
 # If set to .b2 or .b3 ... the processed source file needs to be renamed before upload, e.g.
 # thunderbird-102.8.0.b2.processed-source.tar.xz
 # When unset use processed source file name as is.
-%global buildnum .b5
+%global buildnum .b3
 
 %bcond_without langpacks
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ end}
 
 Summary:        Mozilla Thunderbird mail/newsgroup client
 Name:           thunderbird
-Version:        128.8.0
+Version:        128.9.0
 Release:        2%{anolis_release}%{?dist}
 URL:            http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/
 License:        MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ ExcludeArch:    loongarch64
 #Source0:        https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/%%{version}%%{?pre_version}/source/thunderbird-%%{version}%%{?pre_version}.processed-source.tar.xz
 Source0:        thunderbird-%{version}%{?pre_version}%{?buildnum}.processed-source.tar.xz
 %if %{with langpacks}
-Source1:        thunderbird-langpacks-%{version}%{?pre_version}-20250305.tar.xz
+Source1:        thunderbird-langpacks-%{version}%{?pre_version}-20250331.tar.xz
 %endif
 Source2:        cbindgen-vendor.tar.xz
 Source3:        process-official-tarball
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ Provides: bundled(fathom)
 Provides: bundled(fdlibm)
 Provides: bundled(ffvpx)
 Provides: bundled(fluent.migratetb)
-Provides: bundled(freetype2)
 Provides: bundled(function2)
 Provides: bundled(gbm)
 Provides: bundled(gemmology)
@@ -1560,7 +1559,13 @@ touch $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{mozappdir}/components/xpti.dat
 # Register as an application to be visible in the software center
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/metainfo
 %{__cp} -p comm/mail/branding/%{name}/net.thunderbird.Thunderbird.appdata.xml $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/metainfo/thunderbird.appdata.xml
+%if 0%{?flatpak}
+# don't specify icon for flatpak appdata, icons are correctly named and packaged already
+# as org.mozilla.Thunderbird.png
+sed -i -e 's|<icon .*||' "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/metainfo/thunderbird.appdata.xml"
+%else
 sed -i -e 's|<icon .*|<icon type="stock">thunderbird</icon>|' "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/metainfo/thunderbird.appdata.xml"
+%endif
 
 # Clean the created bundled rpms.
 rm -rf %{_srcrpmdir}/libffi*.src.rpm
@@ -1638,6 +1643,7 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 %endif
 %{mozappdir}/glxtest
 %{mozappdir}/vaapitest
+%{mozappdir}/interesting_serverknobs.json
 
 %if !%{?system_nss}
 %exclude %{mozappdir}/libnssckbi.so
@@ -1657,10 +1663,16 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 #===============================================================================
 
 %changelog
-* Tue Mar 18 2025 Liwei Ge <geliwei@openanolis.org> - 128.8.0-2.0.1
+* Fri Apr 25 2025 Liwei Ge <geliwei@openanolis.org> - 128.9.0-2.0.1
 - Rebrand to Anolis
 - Remove loongarch64 arch(Zhao Hang)
 
+* Mon Mar 31 2025 Eike Rathke <erack@redhat.com> - 128.9.0-2
+- Update to 128.9.0 build3
+
+* Wed Mar 26 2025 Eike Rathke <erack@redhat.com> - 128.9.0-1
+- Update to 128.9.0 build1
+
 * Wed Mar 05 2025 Eike Rathke <erack@redhat.com> - 128.8.0-2
 - Update to 128.8.0 build5