diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: gganimate
 Title: A Grammar of Animated Graphics
-Version: 1.0.8.9000
+Version: 1.0.9
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Thomas Lin", "Pedersen", , "thomasp85@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-5147-4711")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+++ b/NEWS.md
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-# gganimate (development version)
+# gganimate 1.0.9
 
 * Fix for using `"svg"` device during knitting (#484)
 * Fix for correctly getting chunk options during knitting (#485)