diff --git a/wmifs/CHANGES b/wmifs/CHANGES
index ce7279e..cf79448 100644
--- a/wmifs/CHANGES
+++ b/wmifs/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 Version         Description
 --------------------------------------------------------------
+1.9	* Released 180627
+
+	* Error handling when fopen fails.
+	  This prevents fgets from segfaulting on the next line, closing Debian
+	  bug #901353.
+	  Thanks to <anomie@users.sourceforge.net> for the bug report and patch.
+
 1.8	* Released 160420
 
 	* Display version number from configure.ac with -v option.
diff --git a/wmifs/configure.ac b/wmifs/configure.ac
index bbd1d4e..a96b194 100644
--- a/wmifs/configure.ac
+++ b/wmifs/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([wmifs], [1.8], [wmaker-dev@googlegroups.com])
+AC_INIT([wmifs], [1.9], [wmaker-dev@googlegroups.com])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
 AC_PROG_CC