diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c195b3a..e12cff5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='yattag',
-    version='1.8.0',
+    version='1.9.0',
     packages=['yattag'],
     author = 'Benjamin Le Forestier',
     author_email = 'benjamin@leforestier.org',
diff --git a/yattag/__init__.py b/yattag/__init__.py
index c1aaf68..8122b2b 100644
--- a/yattag/__init__.py
+++ b/yattag/__init__.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 """
 
 __author__ = "Benjamin Le Forestier (benjamin@leforestier.org)"
-__version__ = '1.8.0'
+__version__ = '1.9.0'
 
 from yattag.simpledoc import SimpleDoc
 from yattag.doc import Doc