diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1b1a50a..60a8290 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.9.0
+1.9.1
 
   * Add dependency on libmate-desktop to use common functions
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b6cdbf1..7555690 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 m4_define([gt_version_major],[1])
 m4_define([gt_version_minor],[9])
-m4_define([gt_version_micro],[0])
+m4_define([gt_version_micro],[1])
 m4_define([gt_version_extra],[])
 m4_define([gt_version],[gt_version_major().gt_version_minor().gt_version_micro()gt_version_extra])