diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 17e57a6eb..d6ac701c2 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 1.9.9 (2010-07-26)
+
+* Depend on redis-namespace 0.8.0
+* Depend on json_pure instead of json (for JRuby compat)
+* Bugfix: rails_env display in stats view
+
 ## 1.9.8 (2010-07-20)
 
 * Bugfix: Worker.all should never return nil
diff --git a/lib/resque/version.rb b/lib/resque/version.rb
index db6158a05..379f81e4f 100644
--- a/lib/resque/version.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Resque
-  Version = VERSION = '1.9.8'
+  Version = VERSION = '1.9.9'
 end