diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 934ae3f..d6ddb26 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+* fuse-overlayfs-1.9
+
+- main: fix setting attributes on file without permissions.
+- main: ignore EOVERFLOW when copying xattrs.
+- main: set the correct value for RENAME_NOREPLACE when it is not already
+  defined in the system headers.
+- main: create source whiteout only when needed
+- main: fix missing source whiteout when destination is whiteout
+
 * fuse-overlayfs-1.8.2
 
 - main: fix lookup if underlying path is a symlink, but a directory on
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 993d52d..9b257a9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [1.9-dev], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
+AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [1.9], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])