diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e0f0f8c2..9b0cfe44 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1.9.1 - 2014-MM-DD
+------------------
+
+
 1.9.0 - 2014-03-20
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac9e902f..55637018 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "keywords": [
       "cartodb"
     ],
-    "version": "1.9.0",
+    "version": "1.9.1",
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",
         "url": "git://github.com/CartoDB/CartoDB-SQL-API.git"