diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f39f4ac..b1d92ee 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+2022-11-04 1.9
+- FIX: fix reading of long lines from stdin (mk 2) (#195)
+- FIX: add missing test files (#196)
+
 2022-11-04 1.8
 - FIX: fix reading of long lines from stdin (mk 2) (#195)
 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2387f43..2ac7e84 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST	= $(jo_EXTRA) \
 		  tests/jo.17.sh tests/jo.17.exp tests/jo-creator.txt \
 		  tests/jo.18.sh tests/jo.18.exp \
 		  tests/jo.19.sh tests/jo.19.exp \
-		  tests/jo.20.sh tests/jo.20.exp \
+		  tests/jo.20.sh tests/jo.20.exp tests/jo-large1.json tests/jo-large2.json \
 		  tests/jo.21.sh tests/jo.21.exp \
 		  tests/jo.22.sh tests/jo.22.exp \
 		  tests/jo.23.sh tests/jo.23.exp \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f7b6683..4988383 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
-AC_INIT([jo], [1.8], [jp@mens.de])
+AC_INIT([jo], [1.9], [jp@mens.de])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([jo.c])
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d056ae6..62bfc3e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('jo', 'c',
-        version: '1.8',
+        version: '1.9',
         license: 'GPL-2.0-or-later',
         meson_version: '>=0.57.0',
         default_options: ['warning_level=3', 'optimization=2'])
diff --git a/rpm-build/jo.spec b/rpm-build/jo.spec
index fbac30d..ad0a3af 100644
--- a/rpm-build/jo.spec
+++ b/rpm-build/jo.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           jo
-Version:        1.8
+Version:        1.9
 Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        jo is a small utility to create JSON objects
 
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 04 2022 JP Mens <jp@mens.de> 1.9
+- bump version -- see Changelog
 * Thu Nov 04 2022 JP Mens <jp@mens.de> 1.8
 - bump version -- see Changelog
 * Sat Oct 29 2022 JP Mens <jp@mens.de> 1.7
diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/snapcraft.yaml
index 9b3901e..b24f8d5 100644
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: jo
-version: "1.8"
+version: "1.9"
 summary: jo
 description: |
   This is jo, a small utility to create JSON objects or arrays.