diff --git a/CRAN-SUBMISSION b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
index 4aa89f37..26b7355c 100644
--- a/CRAN-SUBMISSION
+++ b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-Version: 1.0.8
-Date: 2024-03-14 18:28:39 UTC
-SHA: a18e60cff2a8596a078de29db0183d88190944c9
+Version: 1.0.9
+Date: 2024-06-13 20:28:43 UTC
+SHA: 266a4ab2dd9d7d0fa3993ea4aa23ff62da8173fc
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 5ea6ed4b..c9ed32c2 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: OpenSpecy
 Type: Package
 Title: Analyze, Process, Identify, and Share Raman and (FT)IR Spectra
-Version: 1.0.8
-Date: 2024-03-14
+Version: 1.0.9
+Date: 2024-06-13
 Authors@R: c(person("Win", "Cowger", role = c("cre", "aut", "dtc"),
       email = "wincowger@gmail.com",
       comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-9226-3104")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a63b2e54..c27d89d6 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# OpenSpecy 1.0.9
+
+## Minor Improvements
+
+- more closing and flexibility options
+
+
 # OpenSpecy 1.0.8
 
 ## Minor Improvements
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index f88e4f47..3474254a 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 ## Comments
 
-    installed size is  6.2Mb
+    installed size is  5.9Mb
     sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
       doc       4.3Mb
       extdata   1.0Mb