diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 7d23a14c..726f881b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+26/4/2012 version 0.9.9.4 major bugfix
+* fixed `NoMethodError: undefined method `winsize' for #<IO:<STDOUT>>`, bug #549
+* fixes for jruby
+* heredoc content no longer auto-indented
+
 19/4/2012 version 0.9.9.3 major doc bugfix
 * show-doc would fail on some core classes, i.e `show-doc Bignum`. This is now fixed
 and show allow a wider range of core documentation to be viewed directly in Pry.
diff --git a/lib/pry/version.rb b/lib/pry/version.rb
index 371724cc..7d4f8c60 100644
--- a/lib/pry/version.rb
+++ b/lib/pry/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 class Pry
-  VERSION = "0.9.9.3"
+  VERSION = "0.9.9.4"
 end
diff --git a/pry.gemspec b/pry.gemspec
index c4a97d38..0bb7bee8 100644
--- a/pry.gemspec
+++ b/pry.gemspec
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "pry"
-  s.version = "0.9.9.3"
+  s.version = "0.9.9.4pre1"
 
-  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new("> 1.3.1") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["John Mair (banisterfiend)"]
-  s.date = "2012-04-20"
+  s.date = "2012-04-26"
   s.description = "An IRB alternative and runtime developer console"
   s.email = "jrmair@gmail.com"
   s.executables = ["pry"]