diff --git a/system/worker/worker.SlackBuild b/system/worker/worker.SlackBuild
index 4d7249af94..25c46f40ba 100644
--- a/system/worker/worker.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/worker/worker.SlackBuild
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=worker
-VERSION=${VERSION:-4.8.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-4.9.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/system/worker/worker.info b/system/worker/worker.info
index e7998fdd76..dce61f8d9d 100644
--- a/system/worker/worker.info
+++ b/system/worker/worker.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="worker"
-VERSION="4.8.1"
+VERSION="4.9.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.boomerangsworld.de/worker/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.boomerangsworld.de/cms/worker/downloads/worker-4.8.1.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="bee1fa7806dbc75a61fa2891c3096597"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.boomerangsworld.de/cms/worker/downloads/worker-4.9.0.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="b6eea9435811fd5452281577009f64ba"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="avfs"