diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 63e96a481a399060cb5120d743c48811a143d491..1297d861b980e825c90615a1c583d7bcf33fae61 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ include: 'https://gitlab.cern.ch/linuxsupport/rpmci/raw/master/rpm-ci.yml'
 .test_install:
   before_script:
     - if [ `rpm --eval %{dist}` == ".el8" ]; then yum-config-manager --add-repo "http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/internal/repos/dbclients8-stable/x86_64/os/"; fi
+    #- if [ `rpm --eval %{dist}` == ".el8" ]; then yum install -y oracle-release; fi
+    - if [ `rpm --eval %{dist}` == ".el8" ]; then yum install -y https://koji.cern.ch/kojifiles/packages/oracle-release/1.2/1.el8.cern/noarch/oracle-release-1.2-1.el8.cern.noarch.rpm; fi
     # test installing all binary meta packages except basiclite and compat, as these conflicts with 'basic' and 'devel'
     - if [ `rpm --eval %{dist}` == ".el8" ]; then yum install -y --nogpgcheck `ls koji/*oracle-instantclient*x86_64.rpm |egrep -v 'basiclite|compat'`; else yum install -y --enablerepo=cernonly,cernonly-testing `ls koji/*oracle-instantclient*x86_64.rpm |egrep -v 'basiclite|compat'`; fi
diff --git a/oracle-instantclient.spec b/oracle-instantclient.spec
index a9ef5aa5b28afd0725367fc496141e7a7d073ad2..84910500be21e6b90696ceb41ed104ea008afd07 100644
--- a/oracle-instantclient.spec
+++ b/oracle-instantclient.spec
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Name: cern-%{pkgname}
 Name: %{pkgname}
 %endif%
 Summary: META package for the ORACLE instantclient
-Version: 19.3
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Version: 19.9
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Epoch:   2
 Source1: oracle-instantclient11.2-x86_64.conf
 Source2: oracle-instantclient12.2-x86_64.conf
@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+
+* Mon Nov 09 2020 Daniel Juarez <djuarezg@cern.ch> - 19.9-1
+- bump to version 19.9
+
 * Wed Mar 04 2020 Ben Morrice <ben.morrice@cern.ch> - 19.3-4
 - build for C8
 
diff --git a/src/pcscfg.cfg-19.9.fix b/src/pcscfg.cfg-19.9.fix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2910e7cb1f56f3ddfbcaf22363e24b5f533f2d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pcscfg.cfg-19.9.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+sys_include=($ORACLE_HOME/sdk/include,/usr/include,/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.8.2/include/,/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.8.5/include/)
+ltype=short
+define=__x86_64__