diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c3a0a0b..2ea6ed7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #    make freeze
 #
-astroid==2.5.6            # via whispers (setup.py)
+astroid==2.5.7            # via whispers (setup.py)
 beautifulsoup4==4.9.3     # via whispers (setup.py)
 jproperties==2.1.0        # via whispers (setup.py)
 luhn==0.2.0               # via whispers (setup.py)
diff --git a/whispers/__version__.py b/whispers/__version__.py
index be383bc..4f6a1d5 100644
--- a/whispers/__version__.py
+++ b/whispers/__version__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (1, 4, 8)
+VERSION = (1, 4, 9)
 
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, VERSION))