diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index c8192eaa..99472cd6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+v1.1.9 (2023-10-13)
+-------------------
+- [#471][#472] allow save, load, and autoload of configuration [Daniel Moore]
+- [#456] auto-close data objects that go out of scope [Daniel Moore]
+- [#455] remove ticket check [Daniel Moore]
+- [#452] implement client redirection to resource server [Daniel Moore]
+- [#455] introduce low level ticket api changes [Daniel Moore]
+- [#234] Implement case-insensitive queries [Sietse Snel]
+
 v1.1.8 (2023-05-18)
 -------------------
 - [#450] test for setting/getting comments [Daniel Moore]
diff --git a/irods/version.py b/irods/version.py
index f0be1393..86ee767f 100644
--- a/irods/version.py
+++ b/irods/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.1.8'
+__version__ = '1.1.9'