diff --git a/doc/source/changelog.md b/doc/source/changelog.md
index d241d5f41..580e3aa0e 100644
--- a/doc/source/changelog.md
+++ b/doc/source/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.9.0
+
+**Improvements**
+- [modification to odim reader writer to flip coordinates instead of data](https://github.com/MeteoSwiss/pyart/commit/9d38c2664d470c200589686b7d96461e7e4b4727)
+
+**Bug fixes**
+- [coerce bool to int in cfradial writer](https://github.com/MeteoSwiss/pyart/commit/bb196e74d194e355159ecc983d564e5496a8750c)
+
+
 ## v1.8.9
 
 **Improvements**
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cacc02b5f..282a0ec15 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
 CLASSIFIERS = list(filter(None, CLASSIFIERS.split('\n')))
 PLATFORMS = ["Linux", "Mac OS-X", "Unix"]
 MAJOR = 1
-MINOR = 8
-MICRO = 9
+MINOR = 9
+MICRO = 0
 ISRELEASED = False
 VERSION = '%d.%d.%d' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
 SCRIPTS = glob.glob('scripts/*')