diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 192fbae..1f31c60 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+# 1.9
+
+
+- Switch exceptions used for control flow from global to local
+- Update Iter.ml to use mutable fields instead of refs (#44)
+
 # 1.8
 
 - add `Iter.map_while`
diff --git a/iter.opam b/iter.opam
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--- a/iter.opam
+++ b/iter.opam
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 opam-version: "2.0"
 name: "iter"
-version: "1.8"
+version: "1.9"
 authors: ["Simon Cruanes" "Gabriel Radanne"]
 maintainer: "simon.cruanes.2007@m4x.org"
 license: "BSD-2-clause"