diff --git a/programming/build/ant/actions.py b/programming/build/ant/actions.py
index 226ecd8ab3..b2fbae27d1 100644
--- a/programming/build/ant/actions.py
+++ b/programming/build/ant/actions.py
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ def install():
     pisitools.insinto("/usr/share/java/", "lib/optional/junit-4.11.jar", "junit.jar")
     pisitools.insinto("/usr/share/java/", "lib/optional/hamcrest-core-1.3.jar", "hamcrest.jar")
     pisitools.insinto("/usr/share/ant/lib/", "%s/lib/*" % WorkDir)
-    pisitools.insinto("/usr/share/ant/bin/", "apache-ant-1.9.6/bin/*")
+    pisitools.insinto("/usr/share/ant/bin/", "apache-ant-1.9.8/bin/*")
             
 
     for binsym in ["ant", "antRun", "antRun.pl", "complete-ant-cmd.pl", "runant.pl", "runant.py"]:
             pisitools.dosym("/usr/share/ant/bin/%s" % binsym , "/usr/bin/%s" % binsym)
             
     pisitools.insinto("/usr/share/doc/ant/", "%s/manual/*" % WorkDir) #for and-docs
-    pisitools.dodoc("KEYS", "NOTICE", "README", "WHATSNEW", "LICENSE")
\ No newline at end of file
+    pisitools.dodoc("KEYS", "NOTICE", "README", "WHATSNEW", "LICENSE")
diff --git a/programming/build/ant/pspec.xml b/programming/build/ant/pspec.xml
index c3c50c4526..ee15e719b0 100644
--- a/programming/build/ant/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/build/ant/pspec.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <IsA>app:console</IsA>
         <Summary>Java-based build tool</Summary>
         <Description>Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like Make, but without Make's wrinkles.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="8eee8f30fecbf16c5bc430969d119d8081521b4d" type="tarbz2">http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/source/apache-ant-1.9.6-src.tar.bz2</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="870186a0931bde17272370747ee4ec138267d9bb" type="tarbz2">http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/source/apache-ant-1.9.8-src.tar.bz2</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>jdk7-openjdk</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
     </Package>
     
     <History>
+        <Update release="3">
+            <Date>2017-01-28</Date>
+            <Version>1.9.8</Version>
+            <Comment>Release Bump</Comment>
+            <Name>Pisi Linux Community</Name>
+            <Email>admin@pisilinux.org</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="2">
             <Date>2016-06-09</Date>
             <Version>1.9.6</Version>