diff --git a/librdkafka.spec b/librdkafka.spec
index 605a2a0ab2346599067ac7c367d25922b39db71d..490cc887dfdfca4f252fc69111e1c42f6e0312fd 100644
--- a/librdkafka.spec
+++ b/librdkafka.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           librdkafka
-Version:        2.8.0
+Version:        2.9.0-RC1
 Release:        1
 Summary:        C library implementation of the Apache Kafka protocol
 License:        BSD-2-Clause and Zlib and MIT and BSD-3-Clause
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*-static.pc' -delete -print
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 03 2025  openeuler_bot <infra@openeuler.sh> - 2.9.0-RC1-1
+- Fix for permanent fetch errors when using a newer Fetch RPC version with an older inter broker protocol (version: v2.6.0).
+- KIP-951 Leader discovery optimisations for the client (version: v2.5.0).
+- KIP-848: The Next Generation of the Consumer Rebalance Protocol (version: v2.4.0).
+- KIP-516 Partial support of topic identifiers (version: v2.3.0).
+
 * Sun Jan 12 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 2.8.0-1
 - update to 2.8.0
 
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:5bd1c46f63265f31c6bfcedcde78703f77d28238eadf23821c2b43fc30be3e25
-size 4780448
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