diff --git a/livereduce.spec b/livereduce.spec
index 83ef58c..bff7d7c 100644
--- a/livereduce.spec
+++ b/livereduce.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Summary: %{summary}
 Name: python-%{srcname}
-Version: 1.8
+Version: 1.9
 Release: %{release}%{?dist}
 Source0: %{srcname}-%{version}.tar.gz
 License: MIT
diff --git a/scripts/livereduce.py b/scripts/livereduce.py
index 7de850c..adb1a5f 100644
--- a/scripts/livereduce.py
+++ b/scripts/livereduce.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import pyinotify
 from mantid.simpleapi import StartLiveData
 from mantid.utils.logging import log_to_python as mtd_log_to_python
-from packging.version import parse as parse_version
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
 # ##################
 # configure logging
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b52d208..df705b2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="livereduce",
-    version="1.8",
+    version="1.9",
     description="Need a description",
     author="Pete Peterson",
     author_email="petersonpf@ornl.gov",