diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 87b05e36..7637f2bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ set (SOURCE_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/")
 set (BSON_MAJOR_VERSION 1)
 set (BSON_MINOR_VERSION 1)
 set (BSON_MICRO_VERSION 9)
-set (BSON_PRERELEASE_VERSION dev)
+set (BSON_PRERELEASE_VERSION )
 set (BSON_API_VERSION 1.0)
-set (BSON_VERSION 1.1.9-dev)
+set (BSON_VERSION 1.1.9)
 
 set (CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING")
 set (CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR ${BSON_MAJOR_VERSION})
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c3555cd9..bf1957df 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Libbson-1.1.9
+=============
+
+This is a patch release with a fix for the build system:
+
+ * "./configure --enable-coverage" works now.
+
+-- A. Jesse Jiryu Davis
+
+
 Libbson-1.1.8
 =============
 
diff --git a/build/autotools/Versions.m4 b/build/autotools/Versions.m4
index 2c08c4ad..0c817949 100644
--- a/build/autotools/Versions.m4
+++ b/build/autotools/Versions.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 m4_define([bson_major_version], [1])
 m4_define([bson_minor_version], [1])
 m4_define([bson_micro_version], [9])
-m4_define([bson_prerelease_version], [dev])
+m4_define([bson_prerelease_version], [])
 
 m4_define(
     [bson_version],
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ m4_define(
 
 # bump up by 1 for every micro release with no API changes, otherwise
 # set to 0. after release, bump up by 1
-m4_define([bson_interface_age], [8])
+m4_define([bson_interface_age], [9])
 m4_define([bson_binary_age], [m4_eval(100 * bson_minor_version + bson_micro_version)])
 
 m4_define([lt_current], [m4_eval(100 * bson_minor_version + bson_micro_version - bson_interface_age)])
diff --git a/build/rpm/libbson.spec b/build/rpm/libbson.spec
index bb1ffe44..0c7909d1 100644
--- a/build/rpm/libbson.spec
+++ b/build/rpm/libbson.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           libbson
-Version:        1.1.8
+Version:        1.1.9
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        BSON library
 
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 
 %changelog
 
+* Sun June 28 2015 A. Jesse Jiryu Davis <jesse@mongodb.com> - 1.1.9-1
+- Release 1.1.9
+
 * Sun June 21 2015 A. Jesse Jiryu Davis <jesse@mongodb.com> - 1.1.8-1
 - Release 1.1.8
 
diff --git a/doc/installing.page b/doc/installing.page
index fedadab4..a7e5d064 100644
--- a/doc/installing.page
+++ b/doc/installing.page
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@
 
     <p>The following instructions are for UNIX-like systems such as GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. To build on Windows, see the instructions for <link xref="installing#building-windows">Building on Windows</link>.</p>
 
-    <p>The most recent release of libbson is 1.1.8 and can be <link href="https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/releases/download/1.1.8/libbson-1.1.8.tar.gz">downloaded here</link>. The following snippet will download and extract the current release of the driver.</p>
+    <p>The most recent release of libbson is 1.1.9 and can be <link href="https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/releases/download/1.1.9/libbson-1.1.9.tar.gz">downloaded here</link>. The following snippet will download and extract the current release of the driver.</p>
 
-    <screen><output style="prompt">$ </output><input>wget https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/releases/download/1.1.8/libbson-1.1.8.tar.gz</input>
-<output style="prompt">$ </output><input>tar -xzf libbson-1.1.8.tar.gz</input>
-<output style="prompt">$ </output><input>cd libbson-1.1.8/</input></screen>
+    <screen><output style="prompt">$ </output><input>wget https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/releases/download/1.1.9/libbson-1.1.9.tar.gz</input>
+<output style="prompt">$ </output><input>tar -xzf libbson-1.1.9.tar.gz</input>
+<output style="prompt">$ </output><input>cd libbson-1.1.9/</input></screen>
 
     <p>Minimal dependencies are needed to build Libbson. On UNIX-like systems, pthreads (the POSIX threading library) is required.</p>
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Bindings:
 
     <p>Let's start by generating Visual Studio project files for libbson. The following assumes we are compiling for 64-bit Windows using Visual Studio 2010 Express which can be freely downloaded from Microsoft.</p>
 
-    <screen><output style="prompt">&gt; </output><input>cd libbson-1.1.8</input>
+    <screen><output style="prompt">&gt; </output><input>cd libbson-1.1.9</input>
 <output style="prompt">&gt; </output><input>cmake -G "Visual Studio 2010 Win64" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\libbson"</input>
 <output style="prompt">&gt; </output><input>msbuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj</input>
 <output style="prompt">&gt; </output><input>msbuild.exe INSTALL.vcxproj</input></screen>
diff --git a/doc/version.page b/doc/version.page
index d43a2d2b..4b8137a3 100644
--- a/doc/version.page
+++ b/doc/version.page
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 
 #define BSON_MAJOR_VERSION (1)
 #define BSON_MINOR_VERSION (1)
-#define BSON_MICRO_VERSION (8)
-#define BSON_VERSION_S     "1.1.8"
+#define BSON_MICRO_VERSION (9)
+#define BSON_VERSION_S     "1.1.9"
 
 #define BSON_VERSION_HEX (BSON_MAJOR_VERSION << 24 | \
                           BSON_MINOR_VERSION << 16 | \