diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 96b1eadef9b92da1abb32689297172bffcc8eae5..1509ed7aa8698df7b90317ddc851995a2d689c22 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-01-11  Niels M�ller  <nisse@harpo.hack.org>
+
+	* configure.ac: Bumped version to 1.9.
+
 2004-01-10  Niels M�ller  <nisse@harpo.hack.org>
 
 	* Released nettle-1.8.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7652f223cea3baf048806256e5f34a7ff77f70e0..80a188a0b4b11bea3304268d7f9e508a47c8c021 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl -*- mode: shell-script; sh-indentation: 2; -*-
 
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_INIT([nettle], [1.8])
+AC_INIT([nettle], [1.9])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([arcfour.c])
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE