diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6eb0ccf3..2df071dd 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ckanapi==4.3
-hdx-python-country==2.2.4
+hdx-python-country==2.2.5
 ndg-httpsclient==0.5.1
 pyasn1==0.4.8
 pyOpenSSL==19.1.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b03dde07..30c5e0a8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 requirements = ['ckanapi>=4.3',
-                'hdx-python-country>=2.2.4',
+                'hdx-python-country>=2.2.5',
                 'ndg-httpsclient',
                 'pyasn1',
                 'pyOpenSSL'
diff --git a/src/hdx/version.txt b/src/hdx/version.txt
index 49530861..77caa0f0 100755
--- a/src/hdx/version.txt
+++ b/src/hdx/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.9.8
\ No newline at end of file
+3.9.9
\ No newline at end of file