diff --git a/bin/mpdevil b/bin/mpdevil
index 89fc1db..4a7f37e 100755
--- a/bin/mpdevil
+++ b/bin/mpdevil
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if os.path.isfile("/.flatpak-info"):  # test for flatpak environment
 	gettext.bindtextdomain("mpdevil", "/app/share/locale")
 _=gettext.gettext
 
-VERSION="0.9.8-dev"  # sync with setup.py
+VERSION="0.9.9"  # sync with setup.py
 COVER_REGEX=r"^\.?(album|cover|folder|front).*\.(gif|jpeg|jpg|png)$"
 
 
diff --git a/data/org.mpdevil.mpdevil.appdata.xml b/data/org.mpdevil.mpdevil.appdata.xml
index 3d57bb6..b3182f8 100644
--- a/data/org.mpdevil.mpdevil.appdata.xml
+++ b/data/org.mpdevil.mpdevil.appdata.xml
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@
     </ul>
   </description>
   <releases>
-    <release version="0.9.8" date="2020-12-27">
-      <description>
-      </description>
-    </release>
+    <release version="0.9.8" date="2020-12-27"/>
+    <release version="0.9.9" date="2021-01-01"/>
   </releases>
   <launchable type="desktop-id">org.mpdevil.mpdevil.desktop</launchable>
   <screenshots>
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5744f0e..80f1d71 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import DistUtilsExtra.auto
 
 DistUtilsExtra.auto.setup(
 	name='mpdevil',
-	version='0.9.8',  # sync with bin/mpdevil
+	version='0.9.9',  # sync with bin/mpdevil
 	author="Martin Wagner",
 	author_email="martin.wagner.dev@gmail.com",
 	description=('A simple music browser for MPD'),