diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 33c9fef0..52db52ae 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.robotframework</groupId>
   <artifactId>swinglibrary</artifactId>
-  <version>1.9.8</version>
+  <version>1.9.9</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>swinglibrary</name>
   <description>A Robot Framework test library for Swing UI testing</description>