diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 2a2aa72..5a3708e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.9.1 - 2021-11-28
+
+ * #254 - don't violate max-in-flight on new connections
+
 ## 0.9.0 - 2020-07-25
 
  * #244 - tornado 6.x support, co-routine message handlers
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f7742fc..cf891d5 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'pynsq'
-copyright = u'2020, Matt Reiferson and Jehiah Czebotar'
+copyright = u'2021, Matt Reiferson and Jehiah Czebotar'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.9'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.9.0'
+release = '0.9.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/nsq/version.py b/nsq/version.py
index 0e3ebba..3e3a5f6 100644
--- a/nsq/version.py
+++ b/nsq/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # also update in setup.py
-__version__ = '0.9.0'
+__version__ = '0.9.1'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5d1109c..e8ac561 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
 
 
 # also update in nsq/version.py
-version = '0.9.0'
+version = '0.9.1'
 
 
 setup(