diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5b79c134..88b91b6f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.9.9 (August 2019)
+    * Makefile: use twine to upload to pypi.python.org
+    * test: fix Exception test on 32-bits CPU
+    * test: correctly handle macOS versions older than 10.10
+
 1.9.8 (March 2019)
 ==================
     * SmartcardException: store the PC/SC return code in hresult
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5fa58575..939e60f0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     platform_extra_link_args = []   # ['-ggdb']
 
 
-VERSION_INFO = (1, 9, 8, 0)
+VERSION_INFO = (1, 9, 9, 0)
 VERSION_STR = '%i.%i.%i' % VERSION_INFO[:3]
 VERSION_ALT = '%i,%01i,%01i,%04i' % VERSION_INFO
 
diff --git a/smartcard/doc/conf.py b/smartcard/doc/conf.py
index dbcfea75..19a6dbd6 100644
--- a/smartcard/doc/conf.py
+++ b/smartcard/doc/conf.py
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.9.8'
+version = '1.9.9'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.9.8'
+release = '1.9.9'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.