diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f410e098..ee780bbb 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if (MSVC AND ENABLE_STATIC_RUNTIME)
 endif()
 
 set(TAGLIB_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION "1")
-set(TAGLIB_LIB_MINOR_VERSION "8")
+set(TAGLIB_LIB_MINOR_VERSION "9")
 set(TAGLIB_LIB_PATCH_VERSION "0")
 
 set(TAGLIB_LIB_VERSION_STRING "${TAGLIB_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION}.${TAGLIB_LIB_MINOR_VERSION}.${TAGLIB_LIB_PATCH_VERSION}")
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ set(TAGLIB_LIB_VERSION_STRING "${TAGLIB_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION}.${TAGLIB_LIB_MINOR_VE
 # 2. If any interfaces have been added, removed, or changed since the last update, increment current, and set revision to 0.
 # 3. If any interfaces have been added since the last public release, then increment age.
 # 4. If any interfaces have been removed since the last public release, then set age to 0. 
-set(TAGLIB_SOVERSION_CURRENT  13)
+set(TAGLIB_SOVERSION_CURRENT  14)
 set(TAGLIB_SOVERSION_REVISION 0)
-set(TAGLIB_SOVERSION_AGE      12)
+set(TAGLIB_SOVERSION_AGE      13)
 
 math(EXPR TAGLIB_SOVERSION_MAJOR "${TAGLIB_SOVERSION_CURRENT} - ${TAGLIB_SOVERSION_AGE}")
 math(EXPR TAGLIB_SOVERSION_MINOR "${TAGLIB_SOVERSION_AGE}")
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 68757523..651b1341 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TagLib 1.9 (In Development)
+TagLib 1.9 (Oct 6, 2013)
 ==========================
 
  * Added support for the Ogg Opus file format.
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/taglib.h b/taglib/toolkit/taglib.h
index f93f280d..620e95bc 100755
--- a/taglib/toolkit/taglib.h
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/taglib.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "taglib_config.h"
 
 #define TAGLIB_MAJOR_VERSION 1
-#define TAGLIB_MINOR_VERSION 8
+#define TAGLIB_MINOR_VERSION 9
 #define TAGLIB_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 1))