diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 33f346c9b..f2f9525c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+1.0.9 (May 18, 2011)
+  - Fix crash bug caused by refactoring that left 'break' calls in code
+    that no longer used loops.
+
 1.0.8 (May 17, 2011)
-  - Remove beanstalk support becasue the library (beanstalk-client) is GPL3. I
+  - Remove beanstalk support because the library (beanstalk-client) is GPL3. I
     am not a lawyer, but I'm not waiting around to have someone complain about
     license incompatibilities.
   - fix bug in jar build
diff --git a/VERSION.rb b/VERSION.rb
index 2d72d0f25..44bfe8311 100644
--- a/VERSION.rb
+++ b/VERSION.rb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-LOGSTASH_VERSION = "1.0.8"
+LOGSTASH_VERSION = "1.0.9"