diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: testthat
 Title: Unit Testing for R
-Version: 3.1.8.9000
+Version: 3.1.9
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Posit Software, PBC", role = c("cph", "fnd")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# testthat (development version)
+# testthat 3.1.9
 
 * New `expect_contains()` and `expect_in()` that works similarly to 
   `expect_true(all(expected %in% object))` or