diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: benchmarkme
 Title: Crowd Sourced System Benchmarks
-Version: 1.0.8
+Version: 1.0.9
 Authors@R: 
     person("Colin", "Gillespie", , "csgillespie@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-1787-0275"))
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# benchmarkme Version 1.0.9 _2024-05-06_
+  * fix: #49 thanks to @ptompalski
+  * feat: Add website to description #5o. Thanks to @olivroy
+
 # benchmarkme Version 1.0.8 _2022-06-02_
   * fix: `get_ram()` for windows (thanks to @ArkaB-DS @xiaodaigh #45)
   * internal: linting & format NEWS.md file