From 81b5e1180f2ac331263894323b7c52c8f7ab9825 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dgw <dgw@technobabbl.es>
Date: Sun, 1 May 2022 01:25:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Release 7.1.9

---
 NEWS      | 13 +++++++++++++
 setup.cfg |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index efcbedf16b..b65dd8d1be 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ This file is used to auto-generate the "Changelog" section of Sopel's website.
 When adding new entries, follow the style guide in NEWS.spec.md to avoid
 causing problems with the site build.
 
+Changes between 7.1.8 and 7.1.9
+===============================
+
+Plugin changes
+--------------
+
+* search: replace deprecated git.io link in messaging [[#2271][]]
+* tell: fix exception when message is missing [[#2264][]]
+
+[#2264]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/2264
+[#2271]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/2271
+
+
 Changes between 7.1.7 and 7.1.8
 ===============================
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index da5874d6bd..a40b183b58 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = sopel
-version = 7.1.9-dev
+version = 7.1.9
 description = Simple and extensible IRC bot
 long_description = file: README.rst
 long_description_content_type = text/x-rst