diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index 3941727..f7df78d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts#context-availability
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        msrv: [1.90]
+        msrv: [1.84]
     name: ubuntu / ${{ matrix.msrv }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c524de1..543af89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## v0.9.0 (2026-01-17)
+* Update lambda_http dependency contributed by Roger Wilson (CaptainJiNX)
+* Correctly error and not block if there is an attempt to send more than 100 histogram values before flushing contributed by Aaron1011
+ (Aaron1011)
+* MSRV increased to 1.84
+* Updated tower to 0.5.3
+
 ## v0.8.0 (2025-06-22)
 * Update lambda_http dependency contributed by Roger Wilson (CaptainJiNX)
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0a7bf9d..ed84426 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [package]
 name = "metrics_cloudwatch_embedded"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 authors = ["brianmorin <brianrossmorin@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.90"
+rust-version = "1.84"
 
 description = "CloudWatch embedded metrics format emitter for the metrics crate"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ metrics = "0.24"
 pin-project = { version = "1", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
-tower = { version = "0.5.2", optional = true }
+tower = { version = "0.5.3", optional = true }
 tracing = "0.1"
 futures = "0.3"
 bytes = "1"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9f0916..6c0cea1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@ metrics
 
 AWS Lambda Example
 ------------------
-The [Lambda Runtime](https://crates.io/crates/lambda-runtime) intergration feature handles flushing metrics 
+The [Lambda Runtime](https://crates.io/crates/lambda-runtime) integration feature handles flushing metrics 
 after each invoke via either `run()` alternatives or `MetricService` which implements the 
 [`tower::Service`](https://crates.io/crates/tower) trait.  
 
 It also provides optional helpers for:
-* emiting a metric on cold starts
+* emitting a metric on cold starts
 * wrapping cold starts in a [`tracing`](https://crates.io/crates/tracing) span
 * decorating metric documents with request id and/or x-ray trace id
 
 In your Cargo.toml add:
 ```toml
 metrics = "0.24"
-metrics_cloudwatch_embedded = {  version = "0.8.0", features = ["lambda"] }
+metrics_cloudwatch_embedded = {  version = "0.9.0", features = ["lambda"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["fmt", "env-filter", "json"] }
 ```
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ more than 30 dimensions/labels will fail with an error via the `tracing` crate
 Supported Rust Versions (MSRV)
 ------------------------------
 
-This crate requires a minimum of Rust 1.90, and is not guaranteed to build on compiler versions earlier than that.
+This crate requires a minimum of Rust 1.84, and is not guaranteed to build on compiler versions earlier than that.
 
 License
 -------
@@ -139,3 +139,9 @@ Thanks
 ------
 * Simon Andersson (ramn) and contributors - For the metrics_cloudwatch crate I used as a reference
 * Toby Lawrence (tobz) - For answering my metrics crate questions before I even had something working
+
+Continuation/Abandonment
+-------------------------
+
+I grant permission for Amazon Web Services (https://github.com/aws) to take over this project if I
+am no longer able to maintain it or have abandoned it.
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index 11e9d2a..6d20df0 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -145,4 +145,39 @@ mod tests {
             );
         }
     }
+
+    rusty_fork_test! {
+        #[test]
+        fn too_many_histogram_values() {
+        use std::sync::mpsc;
+        use std::time::Duration;
+
+        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            let port = format!("{}", 7779);
+            let metrics = builder::Builder::new()
+                .cloudwatch_namespace("namespace")
+                .with_dimension("Address", "10.172.207.225")
+                .with_dimension("Port", port)
+                .with_timestamp(1687657545423)
+                .emit_zeros(true)
+                .init()
+                .unwrap();
+
+            metrics::describe_counter!("success", metrics::Unit::Count, "");
+            metrics::describe_histogram!("runtime", metrics::Unit::Milliseconds, "");
+
+            for _ in 0..200 {
+                metrics::histogram!("runtime", "module" => "directory", "api" => "a_function").record(4.0);
+            }
+
+            let mut output = Vec::new();
+            metrics.flush(&mut output).unwrap();
+            tx.send(()).unwrap();
+        });
+
+        rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(3))
+            .expect("Test timed out after 3 seconds");
+        }
+    }
 }