diff --git a/.version b/.version
index c96cc17e8..2e0e38c63 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.99
+1.9
diff --git a/doc/lib.m4 b/doc/lib.m4
index 74cb98029..3fa61c5eb 100644
--- a/doc/lib.m4
+++ b/doc/lib.m4
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ m4_define({{_webseparate_}}, m4_ifdef({{WEB && SEPARATE}},{{$1}}) )m4_dnl
 m4_define({{_webcombined_}}, m4_ifdef({{WEB && COMBINED}},{{$1}}) )m4_dnl
 m4_dnl
 m4_define({{_author_}}, {{}})m4_dnl
-m4_define({{_monthyear_}}, {{January 2018}})m4_dnl
-m4_define({{_version_}}, {{1.5.99}})m4_dnl
+m4_define({{_monthyear_}}, {{March 2018}})m4_dnl
+m4_define({{_version_}}, {{1.9}})m4_dnl
 m4_dnl
 m4_dnl Links to dev and recent release versions of a manual.
 m4_dnl $1 is the manual's web slug: hledger, hledger-ui, journal, csv etc.
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ This doc is for version **_version_ (dev)**.
 m4_dnl Too painful for static generation, insert from site.js instead
 m4_dnl Available versions:
 m4_dnl dev
+m4_dnl | 1.9
 m4_dnl | 1.5
 m4_dnl | 1.4
 m4_dnl | 1.3
diff --git a/hledger-api/CHANGES b/hledger-api/CHANGES
index 827bd634f..df5477986 100644
--- a/hledger-api/CHANGES
+++ b/hledger-api/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-api. See also hledger, hledger-lib.
 
 
-# 1.6 (2018/3/31)
+# 1.9 (2018/3/31)
 
 * support ghc 8.4, latest deps
 
diff --git a/hledger-api/hledger-api.hs b/hledger-api/hledger-api.hs
index 5d57a051a..50d31c8b3 100644
--- a/hledger-api/hledger-api.hs
+++ b/hledger-api/hledger-api.hs
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ import           Text.Printf
 import Hledger.Query
 import Hledger.Cli hiding (Reader, version)
 
-hledgerApiVersion="1.5.99"
+hledgerApiVersion="1.9"
 
 -- https://github.com/docopt/docopt.hs#readme
 doc :: Docopt
 doc = [docopt|
-hledger-api 1.5.99
+hledger-api 1.9
 
 Serves hledger data and reports as a JSON web API.
 
diff --git a/hledger-api/package.yaml b/hledger-api/package.yaml
index ea30b7555..478becacd 100644
--- a/hledger-api/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger-api/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: hledger-api
-version: '1.5.99'
+version: '1.9'
 synopsis: Web API server for the hledger accounting tool
 description: |
   This is a simple web API server for hledger data.
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ extra-source-files:
 #data-files:
 
 dependencies:
-- hledger-lib >=1.5.99 && <1.6
-- hledger >=1.5.99 && <1.6
+- hledger-lib >=1.9 && <2.0
+- hledger >=1.9 && <2.0
 - base >=4.8 && <4.12
 - aeson
 - bytestring
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ executables:
   hledger-api:
     main: hledger-api.hs
     ghc-options: -threaded
-    cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.5.99"
+    cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.9"
diff --git a/hledger-lib/CHANGES b/hledger-lib/CHANGES
index 72d1b66fb..e405da75b 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/CHANGES
+++ b/hledger-lib/CHANGES
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ API-ish changes in the hledger-lib package.
 Most user-visible changes are noted in the hledger changelog, instead.
 
 
-# 1.6 (2018/3/31)
+# 1.9 (2018/3/31)
 
 * support ghc 8.4, latest deps
 
diff --git a/hledger-lib/package.yaml b/hledger-lib/package.yaml
index efbcc1940..1b99625b2 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger-lib/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: hledger-lib
-version: '1.5.99'
+version: '1.9'
 synopsis: Core data types, parsers and functionality for the hledger accounting tools
 description: |
   This is a reusable library containing hledger's core functionality.
diff --git a/hledger-ui/CHANGES b/hledger-ui/CHANGES
index bdc8991fe..ae6ba991a 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/CHANGES
+++ b/hledger-ui/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-ui. See also hledger, hledger-lib.
 
 
-# 1.6 (2018/3/31)
+# 1.9 (2018/3/31)
 
 * support ghc 8.4, latest deps
 
diff --git a/hledger-ui/package.yaml b/hledger-ui/package.yaml
index 17a3084e7..4f4607024 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger-ui/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name        : hledger-ui
-version     : '1.5.99'
+version     : '1.9'
 synopsis    : Curses-style user interface for the hledger accounting tool
 description : |
   This is hledger's curses-style interface.
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ flags:
     manual: false
     default: true
 
-cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.5.99"
+cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.9"
 
 dependencies:
- - hledger >=1.5.99 && <1.6
- - hledger-lib >=1.5.99 && <1.6
+ - hledger >=1.9 && <2.0
+ - hledger-lib >=1.9 && <2.0
  - ansi-terminal >=0.6.2.3
  - async
  - base >=4.8 && <4.12
diff --git a/hledger-web/CHANGES b/hledger-web/CHANGES
index 294096e39..468f009b3 100644
--- a/hledger-web/CHANGES
+++ b/hledger-web/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-web. See also hledger, hledger-lib.
 
 
-# 1.6 (2018/3/31)
+# 1.9 (2018/3/31)
 
 * support ghc 8.4, latest deps
 
diff --git a/hledger-web/package.yaml b/hledger-web/package.yaml
index a389af684..1d2a164fe 100644
--- a/hledger-web/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger-web/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: hledger-web
-version: '1.5.99'
+version: '1.9'
 synopsis: Web interface for the hledger accounting tool
 description: |
   This is hledger's web interface.
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ flags:
     default: true
 
 dependencies:
-- hledger-lib >=1.5.99 && <1.6
-- hledger >=1.5.99 && <1.6
+- hledger-lib >=1.9 && <2.0
+- hledger >=1.9 && <2.0
 - base >=4.8 && <4.12
 - base-compat >=0.8.1
 - blaze-html
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ ghc-options:
 - -fno-warn-orphans
 
 library:
-  cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.5.99"
+  cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.9"
   exposed-modules:
   - Application
   - Foundation
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ executables:
   hledger-web:
     source-dirs: app
     main: main.hs
-    cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.5.99"
+    cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.9"
     dependencies:
     - hledger-web
     when:
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ tests:
   test:
     source-dirs: tests
     main: main.hs
-    cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.5.99"
+    cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.9"
     dependencies:
     - hledger-web
     - hspec
diff --git a/hledger/CHANGES b/hledger/CHANGES
index 36fc2598f..fa2e7d551 100644
--- a/hledger/CHANGES
+++ b/hledger/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 User-visible changes in the hledger command line tool.
 
 
-# 1.6 (2018/3/31)
+# 1.9 (2018/3/31)
 
 * support ghc 8.4, latest deps
 
diff --git a/hledger/package.yaml b/hledger/package.yaml
index a4fc9b4d6..29d2cd130 100644
--- a/hledger/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: hledger
-version: '1.5.99'
+version: '1.9'
 synopsis: Command-line interface for the hledger accounting tool
 description: |
   This is hledger's command-line interface.
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ dependencies:
 - tabular >=0.2
 - time >=1.5
 - utility-ht >=0.0.13
-- hledger-lib >=1.5.99 && <1.6
+- hledger-lib >=1.9 && <2.0
 
 when:
 - condition: (!(os(windows))) && (flag(terminfo))
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ when:
   - terminfo
 
 library:
-  cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.5.99"
+  cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.9"
   exposed-modules:
   - Hledger.Cli
   - Hledger.Cli.Main
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ executables:
   hledger:
     source-dirs: app
     main: hledger-cli.hs
-    cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.5.99"
+    cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.9"
     when:
     - condition: flag(threaded)
       ghc-options: -threaded
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ tests:
   test:
     source-dirs: test
     main: test.hs
-    cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.5.99"
+    cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.9"
     dependencies:
     - hledger
     - bytestring
diff --git a/site/js/site.js b/site/js/site.js
index 3c526c124..73deb7235 100644
--- a/site/js/site.js
+++ b/site/js/site.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ function addDocVersions() {
   var newpage = page=='manual' ? page : topic;
   $('.docversions').html('Available versions: \
 dev \
+| 1.9 \
 | 1.5 \
 | 1.4 \
 | 1.3 \