diff --git a/im.riot.Riot.appdata.xml b/im.riot.Riot.appdata.xml
index 94d805f601630cde4f5df14e397cd5223ce0baa8..9dd278f3e0eba8a59f47bbd3d997c0f40780e49c 100644
--- a/im.riot.Riot.appdata.xml
+++ b/im.riot.Riot.appdata.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     </screenshot>
   </screenshots>
   <releases>
+    <release version="0.17.9" date="2019-01-22"/>
     <release version="0.17.8" date="2019-01-10"/>
     <release version="0.17.6" date="2018-11-19"/>
     <release version="0.17.3" date="2018-10-29"/>
diff --git a/im.riot.Riot.json b/im.riot.Riot.json
index 474ee66a3ea83ef78b5e0b21fd75fc99e5b3202f..0215018cf93577c48c68a9e35ad7653785fd7c84 100644
--- a/im.riot.Riot.json
+++ b/im.riot.Riot.json
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
                 {
                     "type": "file",
                     "only-arches": ["x86_64"],
-                    "url": "https://riot.im/packages/debian/pool/main/r/riot-web/riot-web_0.17.8_amd64.deb",
-                    "sha256": "aeb37398a5cdc72042d9c4c1fcb8c280ee06eb1e2445f16b29014dc887f5be9b"
+                    "url": "https://riot.im/packages/debian/pool/main/r/riot-web/riot-web_0.17.9_amd64.deb",
+                    "sha256": "c8cc30ac30e4610b64141d509b0032ce743438489f28bb5465b1deb6d6dcff81"
                 },
                 {
                     "type": "script",
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
                 },
                 {
                     "type": "archive",
-                    "url": "https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/releases/download/v0.17.8/riot-v0.17.8.tar.gz",
-                    "sha256": "7f75be6ee5cc5f398695f31fc05ef22fe5b0255ad9a94341f3f4037cc0802018"
+                    "url": "https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/releases/download/v0.17.9/riot-v0.17.9.tar.gz",
+                    "sha256": "61f1b37283e8f1d1b29e8e2ed9b2910ea388275009da8ae8617f770f1631e6cc"
                 }
             ]
         }