diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index af1fff4..4003369 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 <!--next-version-placeholder-->
 
+## v1.9.9 (2023-05-30)
+### Other
+
+* Bump py-versions CI release v2.1 ([#144](https://github.com/WIPACrepo/file_catalog/issues/144)) ([`77c6926`](https://github.com/WIPACrepo/file_catalog/commit/77c6926dd9970852eae220fb310eaaac29c2e964))
+
 ## v1.9.8 (2023-05-30)
 ### Other
 
diff --git a/file_catalog/__init__.py b/file_catalog/__init__.py
index c27a442..3499fbe 100644
--- a/file_catalog/__init__.py
+++ b/file_catalog/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # is zero for an official release, positive for a development branch,
 # or negative for a release candidate or beta (after the base version
 # number has been incremented)
-__version__ = "1.9.8"
+__version__ = "1.9.9"
 version_info = (
     int(__version__.split(".")[0]),
     int(__version__.split(".")[1]),