diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0b84f0..176bcfd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 <!--next-version-placeholder-->
 
+## v1.0.9 (2022-01-07)
+
+
 ## v1.0.8 (2022-01-07)
 
 
diff --git a/people_directory/__init__.py b/people_directory/__init__.py
index 5e61e19..ff573ea 100644
--- a/people_directory/__init__.py
+++ b/people_directory/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # is zero for an official release, positive for a development branch,
 # or negative for a release candidate or beta (after the base version
 # number has been incremented)
-__version__ = "1.0.8"
+__version__ = "1.0.9"
 version_info = (
     int(__version__.split(".")[0]),
     int(__version__.split(".")[1]),