diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 46ad2150e..087726023 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    suspenders (1.8.1)
+    suspenders (1.9.0)
       bundler (~> 1.3)
       rails (= 4.0.3)
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ GEM
       childprocess (>= 0.3.6)
       cucumber (>= 1.1.1)
       rspec-expectations (>= 2.7.0)
-    atomic (1.1.15)
+    atomic (1.1.16)
     builder (3.1.4)
     capybara (2.2.0)
       mime-types (>= 1.16)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ GEM
     rspec-expectations (2.14.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.1.3, < 2.0)
     rspec-mocks (2.14.4)
-    sprockets (2.11.0)
+    sprockets (2.12.0)
       hike (~> 1.2)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       rack (~> 1.0)
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
       sprockets (~> 2.8)
     thor (0.18.1)
-    thread_safe (0.2.0)
+    thread_safe (0.3.1)
       atomic (>= 1.1.7, < 2)
     tilt (1.4.1)
     treetop (1.4.15)
       polyglot
       polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
-    tzinfo (0.3.38)
+    tzinfo (0.3.39)
     xpath (2.0.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.3)
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0bf34cb04..6c42de648 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+1.9.0 (March 24, 2014)
+
+* Add `awesome_print` gem.
+* Add `dev:prime` task placeholder for bootstrapping local dev data.
+* Add fix for I18n deprecation warning from `enforce_available_locales`.
+* Add generated `.travis.yml`.
+* Remove `better_errors` because of issues with Unicorn.
+* Remove fast-failing for RSpec; respect user's `~/.rspec` instead.
+* Update New Relic agent.
+* Update Rails to 4.0.3.
+
 1.8.1 (February 19, 2014)
 
 * Don't distribute rspec binstub with gem.
diff --git a/lib/suspenders/version.rb b/lib/suspenders/version.rb
index 5669a987f..162a5c938 100644
--- a/lib/suspenders/version.rb
+++ b/lib/suspenders/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Suspenders
-  VERSION = '1.8.1'
+  VERSION = '1.9.0'
 end