diff --git a/pyquarantine/__init__.py b/pyquarantine/__init__.py
index e9f5d41..7e46b9e 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/__init__.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "run",
     "whitelists"]
 
-__version__ = "1.0.8"
+__version__ = "1.0.9"
 
 
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