2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4d685e60..a825f94d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = 5.8
+VERSION = 5.9
 NAME = rpmdrake
 
 DIRS = grpmi po data mime
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7ceb5b97..1a6dd516 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Version 5.9 - 23 February 2009, Thierry Vignaud
+
 - rpmdrake:
   o add 'compute_updates' option that enable super fast startup by
     skipping computing updates on startup (#42848)