diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 123a43f..476aaa6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
     <artifactId>pom.contrib</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0</version>
+    <version>1.2.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <developers>
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
   </developers>
 
   <properties>
-    <!-- set clojure.version to >= 1.8.0 to run cljs test suite
+    <!-- set clojure.version to >= 1.9.0 to run cljs test suite
          (and make sure to run on jdk >= 1.8 for nashorn support) -->
-    <clojure.version>1.8.0</clojure.version>
+    <clojure.version>1.9.0</clojure.version>
   </properties>
 
   <scm>