diff --git a/.bump.cfg b/.bump.cfg
index bc64034..b396b37 100644
--- a/.bump.cfg
+++ b/.bump.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 date_fmt = 'YYYY-MM-DD'
 major = 1
 minor = 9
-patch = 3
-date = ['inform/__init__.py __released__', 'README.rst Released']
-version = ['setup.py version', 'inform/__init__.py __version__', 'README.rst Version']
\ No newline at end of file
+patch = 4
+date = [
+    'inform/__init__.py __released__',
+    'README.rst Released',
+]
+version = [
+    'setup.py version',
+    'inform/__init__.py __version__',
+    'README.rst Version',
+]
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index fbd49b1..f526be0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ Inform - Print & Logging Utilities
     .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dd/inform.svg
         :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/inform/
 
-| Version: 1.9.3
-| Released: 2017-07-03
+| Version: 1.9.4
+| Released: 2017-11-05
 |
 
 A light-weight package with few dependencies that provides various print-like 
diff --git a/inform/__init__.py b/inform/__init__.py
index c6474c6..d2052a5 100644
--- a/inform/__init__.py
+++ b/inform/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-__version__ = '1.9.3'
-__released__ = '2017-07-03'
+__version__ = '1.9.4'
+__released__ = '2017-11-05'
 
 from .inform import (
     # inform utilities
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7fc6b56..ab797f3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='inform',
-    version='1.9.3',
+    version='1.9.4',
     description='print & logging utilities for communicating with user',
     long_description=readme,
     author="Ken Kundert",