diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap/0001-release-date-fix.patch b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap/0001-release-date-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3dcb369ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap/0001-release-date-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From ebb424eee5599fcc131901c0d82d0bfc0d2f57ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:51:27 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] release date fix
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport
+---
+ NEWS           | 2 +-
+ systemtap.spec | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
+index 695bc990c..46859e304 100644
+--- a/NEWS
++++ b/NEWS
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-* What's new in version 4.9, 2023-04-27
++* What's new in version 4.9, 2023-04-28
+ 
+ - ISystemtap: the new interactive systemtap jupyter kernel. This provides
+   a simple GUI for writing/running Systemtap scripts in an easy, incremental
+diff --git a/systemtap.spec b/systemtap.spec
+index 59814f112..fd8023264 100644
+--- a/systemtap.spec
++++ b/systemtap.spec
+@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ exit 0
+ 
+ # PRERELEASE
+ %changelog
+-* Thu Apr 27 2023 Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> - 4.9-1
++* Fri Apr 28 2023 Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> - 4.9-1
+ - Upstream release, see wiki page below for detailed notes.
+   https://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/SystemTapReleases
+ 
+-- 
+2.40.1
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap_git.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap_git.inc
index afeb3ce2d2..de3750ff04 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap_git.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap_git.inc
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
-SRCREV = "b176afb2e49119ef844d193d27b0752a6d84fe8f"
-PV = "4.8"
+SRCREV = "418f0a45ca4473491385b5c7eef777607bbdb3b7"
+PV = "4.9"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://sourceware.org/git/systemtap.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-Do-not-let-configure-write-a-python-location-into-th.patch \
            file://0001-Install-python-modules-to-correct-library-dir.patch \
            file://0001-staprun-stapbpf-don-t-support-installing-a-non-root.patch \
+           file://0001-release-date-fix.patch \
            "
 
 COMPATIBLE_HOST = '(x86_64|i.86|powerpc|arm|aarch64|microblazeel|mips|riscv64).*-linux'