diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9d9ebc578..ab467262c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  - Do not require libcolorhug to build (Richard Hughes)
  - Fix a crash in libfwupd where no device ID is set (Richard Hughes)
  - Fix a potential DoS in libdfu by limiting holes to 1MiB (Richard Hughes)
+ - Fix a segfault that sometimes occurs during cleanup of USB plugins (Mario Limonciello)
  - Fix Hardware-ID{0,1,2,12} compatibility with Microsoft (Gergely Risko)
  - Hide devices that aren't updatable by default in fwupdmgr (Mario Limonciello)
  - Search all UEFI GUIDs when matching hardware (Richard Hughes, Mario Limonciello)
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index f552e2bd0..a6ec6a100 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ fwupd Release Notes
 
 1. Write NEWS entries for fwupd in the same format as usual.
 
-git shortlog 1.0.7.. | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge > NEWS.new
+git shortlog 1.0.8.. | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge > NEWS.new
 
-Version 1.0.8
+Version 1.0.9
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Released: 2018-xx-xx
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ git add ../po/*.po
 2. Commit changes to git:
 
 # MAKE SURE THESE ARE CORRECT
-export release_ver="1.0.8"
+export release_ver="1.0.9"
 
 git commit -a -m "Release fwupd ${release_ver}"
 git tag -s -f -m "Release fwupd ${release_ver}" "${release_ver}"
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index baf989224..4eb17391d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('fwupd', 'c',
-  version : '1.0.8',
+  version : '1.0.9',
   license : 'LGPL-2.1+',
   meson_version : '>=0.43.0',
   default_options : ['warning_level=2', 'c_std=c99'],