diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97deaf82..8c427e85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 This file will include all API breakage, new features, and upgrade info in
 localForage's lifetime.
 
+### [1.9.0](https://github.com/mozilla/localForage/releases/tag/1.9.0)
+
+* Fixed TypeScript definition for `getItem`. It now notes that `getItem` can return `null`, so this change may cause TypeScript code that didn't account for `null` values to fail. See #980.
+
 ### [1.8.1](https://github.com/mozilla/localForage/releases/tag/1.8.1)
 
 * Reverted the ESM/`module` field change in #940, which broke many builds. See: #979. Sorry about that! 😓
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13437c08..d5b6e514 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [![Dependency Status](https://img.shields.io/david/localForage/localForage.svg)](https://david-dm.org/localForage/localForage)
 [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/localforage.svg?maxAge=2592000)](https://npmcharts.com/compare/localforage?minimal=true)
 [![jsDelivr Hits](https://data.jsdelivr.com/v1/package/npm/localforage/badge?style=rounded)](https://www.jsdelivr.com/package/npm/localforage)
-[![minzipped size](https://badgen.net/bundlephobia/minzip/localforage)](https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=localforage@1.8.1)
+[![minzipped size](https://badgen.net/bundlephobia/minzip/localforage)](https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=localforage@1.9.0)
 
 localForage is a fast and simple storage library for JavaScript. localForage
 improves the offline experience of your web app by using asynchronous storage
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 17b82a38..03298250 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
         "assert": "~0.1.0",
         "modernizr": "~2.8.1"
     },
-    "version": "1.8.1"
+    "version": "1.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/component.json b/component.json
index 14314403..2f845aac 100644
--- a/component.json
+++ b/component.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "localforage",
-    "version": "1.8.1",
+    "version": "1.9.0",
     "dependencies": {
         "then/promise": "5.0.0"
     },
diff --git a/dist/localforage.js b/dist/localforage.js
index 640cc3cc..3d269668 100644
--- a/dist/localforage.js
+++ b/dist/localforage.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*!
     localForage -- Offline Storage, Improved
-    Version 1.8.1
+    Version 1.9.0
     https://localforage.github.io/localForage
     (c) 2013-2017 Mozilla, Apache License 2.0
 */
diff --git a/dist/localforage.min.js b/dist/localforage.min.js
index 64969473..5732b9b9 100644
--- a/dist/localforage.min.js
+++ b/dist/localforage.min.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*!
     localForage -- Offline Storage, Improved
-    Version 1.8.1
+    Version 1.9.0
     https://localforage.github.io/localForage
     (c) 2013-2017 Mozilla, Apache License 2.0
 */
diff --git a/dist/localforage.nopromises.js b/dist/localforage.nopromises.js
index 5b6f79d6..0408b17c 100644
--- a/dist/localforage.nopromises.js
+++ b/dist/localforage.nopromises.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*!
     localForage -- Offline Storage, Improved
-    Version 1.8.1
+    Version 1.9.0
     https://localforage.github.io/localForage
     (c) 2013-2017 Mozilla, Apache License 2.0
 */
diff --git a/dist/localforage.nopromises.min.js b/dist/localforage.nopromises.min.js
index 98d2e423..618cd2dd 100644
--- a/dist/localforage.nopromises.min.js
+++ b/dist/localforage.nopromises.min.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*!
     localForage -- Offline Storage, Improved
-    Version 1.8.1
+    Version 1.9.0
     https://localforage.github.io/localForage
     (c) 2013-2017 Mozilla, Apache License 2.0
 */
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4173fe5f..7ff60d5b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         "storage",
         "websql"
     ],
-    "version": "1.8.1",
+    "version": "1.9.0",
     "homepage": "https://github.com/localForage/localForage",
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",