diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff614fe..0c4a98e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.0.9 - 2024-04-14
+------------------
+
+Ensure plugin is included in sdist build
+
 1.0.8 - 2024-04-11
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e95cb0..0000000
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Release type: patch
-
-Ensure plugin is included in sdist build
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 777fbd5..f6b9747 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pelican-avatar"
-version = "1.0.8"
+version = "1.0.9"
 description = "Libravatar/Gravatar plugin for Pelican"
 authors = [{name = "Rafael Laboissière", email = "rafael@laboissiere.net"}]
 license = {text = "AGPL-3.0"}