diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2407d9c84..e2d811f97 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
-project(notcurses VERSION 0.9.3
+project(notcurses VERSION 0.9.9
   DESCRIPTION "UI for modern terminal emulators"
   HOMEPAGE_URL "https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/notcurses"
   LANGUAGES C CXX)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 22bdd0baf..4f0ce8d29 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-notcurses (1.0.0-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+notcurses (0.9.9-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Build-depends on ruby-ronn
   * Drop depends on libgtest-dev
+  * Penultimate prerelease
 
- -- Nick Black <dankamongmen@gmail.com>  Mon, 30 Dec 2019 00:28:51 -0500
+ -- Nick Black <dankamongmen@gmail.com>  Wed, 01 Jan 2020 07:26:36 -0500
 
 notcurses (0.9.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 6be5877c4..184c5952e 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "notcurses"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.9"
 authors = ["nick black <dankamongmen@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "Apache-2.0"