diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index fddc0a3e7ee3856912950b7fe3346c6edf2f6114..7109666a1b0b946366141f297261bc8227ae14b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 Changelog for package rosjava_bootstrap
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+0.1.9 (2013-10-31)
+------------------
+* utilise ROS_MAVEN_REPOSITORY
+
+0.1.8 (2013-10-26)
+------------------
+* bugfix upgrade version numbers for rosgraph_test_msgs.
+* gradle 1.7->1.8 and android_tools->18.1.1
+* avoid using .+ ranged dependencies as it breaks the repo
+
 0.1.7 (2013-09-23)
 ------------------
 * use maven-publish plugin for publishing rosjava packages.
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c5bce273e7afc56df2a331665e133ff932e08525..47d0a0098bc239966424812b3ecfcec06c9d7ef8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ project.ext {
 
 allprojects {
   group='org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap'
-  version = '0.1.8'
+  version = '0.1.9'
 }
 
 subprojects {
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index d1c9dfd10cec5407d382b10c9ec30b526f25a79b..4b5222437ccefc2c9fd80c7793ea38ac2fdb28dd 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package>
   <name>rosjava_bootstrap</name>
-  <version>0.1.8</version>
+  <version>0.1.9</version>
   <description>
     Bootstrap utilities for rosjava builds.
   </description>