diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e496291f..7c761a5c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
+# Release notes for xrdp v0.9.9 (2018/12/25)
+
+# Release cycle
+From the next release, release cycle will be changed from quarterly to every
+4 months. xrdp will be released in April, August, December.
+
+# New features
+* Disconnection by idle timeout (requires xorgxrdp v0.2.9 or later) #1227
+* Glyph cache v2 (fixes no font issue on iOS/macOS/Android client) #367 #1235
+
+# Bug fixes
+* Fix xrdp-chansrv crashes caused in drive redirection #1202 #1225
+* Fix build with FDK AAC v2 #1257
+* Do not enable RemoteApp if the INFO_RAIL flag is not set (RDP-RDP proxy) #1253
+
+# Other changes
+* Add Spanish Latin Amarican keyboard #1237 #1240 #1244
+* Dynamic channel improvements #1222 #1224
+* Remove some deprecated sesman session types #1232
+* Refactoring and cleanups
+
+# Known issues
+* FreeRDP 2.0.0-rc4 or later might not able to connect to xrdp due to
+  xrdp's bad-mannered behaviour, add `+glyph-cache` option to FreeRDP to connect #1266
+* Audio redirection by MP3 codec doesn't sound with some client, use AAC instead #965
+
 # Release notes for xrdp v0.9.8 (2018/09/25)
 
 ## Deprecation notice
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f1d4a9b..fec7ee66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/neutrinolabs/xrdp)
 ![Apache-License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)
 
-*Current Version:* 0.9.8
+*Current Version:* 0.9.9
 
 # xrdp - an open source RDP server
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3aa14db6..4dbcf230 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.65)
-AC_INIT([xrdp], [0.9.8], [xrdp-devel@googlegroups.com])
+AC_INIT([xrdp], [0.9.9], [xrdp-devel@googlegroups.com])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config_ac.h:config_ac-h.in)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.7.2 foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])