diff --git a/apprise/__init__.py b/apprise/__init__.py
index 112e3ff92..6feaffbae 100644
--- a/apprise/__init__.py
+++ b/apprise/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 __title__ = 'Apprise'
-__version__ = '1.8.1'
+__version__ = '1.9.0'
 __author__ = 'Chris Caron'
 __license__ = 'BSD'
 __copywrite__ = 'Copyright (C) 2024 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>'
diff --git a/apprise/i18n/apprise.pot b/apprise/i18n/apprise.pot
index 89136a900..45ba7b528 100644
--- a/apprise/i18n/apprise.pot
+++ b/apprise/i18n/apprise.pot
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: apprise 1.8.1\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: apprise 1.9.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: lead2gold@gmail.com\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-07-25 18:31-0400\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-09-02 12:59-0400\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "App ID"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "App Token"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "App User Name"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -505,6 +508,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Payload Extras"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Persistent Storage"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Port"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -559,6 +565,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Resubmit Flag"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Retain Messages"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Retry"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -769,6 +778,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Target User"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Target User ID"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Targets"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec b/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec
index e0b6fd756..7323eb0b1 100644
--- a/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec
+++ b/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Gateway, Twilio, Twitter, Twist, VictorOps, Voipms, Vonage, WeCom Bot,
 WhatsApp, Webex Teams, Workflows, WxPusher, XBMC}
 
 Name:           python-%{pypi_name}
-Version:        1.8.1
+Version:        1.9.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A simple wrapper to many popular notification services used today
 License:        BSD
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ LANG=C.UTF-8 PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib} py.test-%{python3_version
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}/cli.*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep  2 2024 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com> - 1.9.0
+- Updated to v1.9.0
+
 * Thu Jul 25 2024 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com> - 1.8.1
 - Updated to v1.8.1
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0e1095b4b..a062e3581 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='apprise',
-    version='1.8.1',
+    version='1.9.0',
     description='Push Notifications that work with just about every platform!',
     license='BSD',
     long_description=open('README.md', encoding="utf-8").read(),