diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a0e4865..1caf802 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 ################################
 # set lib version here
 
-set(GENERIC_LIB_VERSION "1.0.8")
+set(GENERIC_LIB_VERSION "1.0.9")
 set(GENERIC_LIB_SOVERSION "1")
 
 
diff --git a/dox b/dox
index 080a278..104eb6d 100755
--- a/dox
+++ b/dox
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "TinyXML-2"
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER = 1.0.8
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 1.0.9
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer
diff --git a/tinyxml2.h b/tinyxml2.h
index b0387e9..d025ecd 100755
--- a/tinyxml2.h
+++ b/tinyxml2.h
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ inline int TIXML_SNPRINTF( char* buffer, size_t size, const char* format, ... )
 #define TIXML_SSCANF   sscanf
 #endif
 
-static const int TIXML2_MAJOR_VERSION = 1;
-static const int TIXML2_MINOR_VERSION = 0;
-static const int TIXML2_PATCH_VERSION = 8;
+static const int TIXML2_MAJOR_VERSION = 1;
+static const int TIXML2_MINOR_VERSION = 0;
+static const int TIXML2_PATCH_VERSION = 9;
 
 namespace tinyxml2
 {