diff --git a/minicom/.signature b/minicom/.signature
index 73cb6f674..bfce5472b 100644
--- a/minicom/.signature
+++ b/minicom/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF35Y42Xz1jRDgRkgqC7pHzWQA1Mxk+77uds2DsyddTooa7JTdy0+s8zyuBlX2o+twlKIzrJma6sKMAIaId45EtAk=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 0354a7b00e83316e753fe3cacd6153818549cddd2a97074525a00b7d3b612213
+RWSagIOpLGJF39LlCk2yQTWaN0PLTJRoDIiMRcUaIeQjGB5tt/ybhzsfBJJV7JACXtpXBv90s3cwAl99aQguKhSofr5YtQpn0gU=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = ffd5562ba8697d88505149b8d7b2dc8e8e5bdad47156ed4330317184937772da
 SHA256 (.footprint) = 9faf184dc04f5f83ea84713f18b422d73ca274d187a0565226e6f987cef46213
-SHA256 (minicom-2.8.tar.gz) = 9e8dee8e7e1f6d6115d0e1955da5b801e44b91289f6b3e320842949488d4b22f
+SHA256 (minicom-2.9.tar.gz) = 21e609d1b58c5de06400f6e36ed3a5060711847a63bc984b6e994d9ad1641d37
diff --git a/minicom/Pkgfile b/minicom/Pkgfile
index c1f6c0573..ed0eed3c4 100644
--- a/minicom/Pkgfile
+++ b/minicom/Pkgfile
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # Description: A serial communication program
 # URL: https://salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom
 # Maintainer: Tim Biermann, tbier at posteo dot de
-# Depends on:
 
 name=minicom
-version=2.8
+version=2.9
 release=1
 source=(https://salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom/-/archive/$version/minicom-$version.tar.gz)