diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d8572d007..3d494ccb9 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Package: renv
Type: Package
Title: Project Environments
-Version: 1.0.8.9000
+Version: 1.0.9
Authors@R: c(
person("Kevin", "Ushey", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "kevin@rstudio.com",
comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2880-7407")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0571d2fb9..721c83ae4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# renv 1.1.0 (UNRELEASED)
+# renv 1.0.9
* Fixed an issue where repository URLs were inappropriately transformed into
binary repository URLs on Linux. (#1991)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 315340a6d..75226316d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ install.packages("renv")
## Workflow
-
+
Use `renv::init()` to initialize renv in a new or existing project. This
will set up a **project library**, containing all the packages you’re