diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 533d72b..7dfe1b4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Release 1.9.1 (2013-05-30)
+==========================
+
+* Fix python code to work with python-3
+* Security fix for integer overflow in read_packet() [CVE-2013-2064]
+
 Release 1.9 (2012-10-05)
 ========================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7364383..9796f90 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Initialize Autoconf
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
 AC_INIT([libxcb],
-        1.9,
+        1.9.1,
         [xcb@lists.freedesktop.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([xcb.pc.in])
 # Set common system defines for POSIX extensions, such as _GNU_SOURCE