diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 074390a..0c3fd40 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Bowser Changelog
 
+### 1.9.0 (December 20, 2017)
+- [ADD] Add a public method `.detect()` (#205)
+- [DOCS] Fix description of `chromium` flag in docs (#206)
+
 ### 1.8.1 (October 7, 2017)
 - [FIX] Fix detection of MS Edge on Android and iOS (#201)
 
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index e25c8a0..974dcd2 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "ender",
     "sniff"
   ],
-  "version": "1.8.1",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/lancedikson/bowser",
   "scripts": [
     "src/bowser.js"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7e649ea..b4ab548 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bowser",
-  "version": "1.8.1",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "Lightweight browser detector",
   "keywords": [
     "browser",