diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: labelled
 Type: Package
 Title: Manipulating Labelled Data
-Version: 2.9.0.9000
+Version: 2.9.1
 Maintainer: Joseph Larmarange <joseph@larmarange.net>
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Joseph", "Larmarange", email = "joseph@larmarange.net", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-7097-700X")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# labelled (development version)
+# labelled 2.9.1
 
 * improved error messages for missing variable names (#118, @ajb5d)
 * better implementation of `look_for()` when no keyword is provided (#116)