diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md
index a0eac76ab5b..a37eb733147 100644
--- a/doc/install/installation.md
+++ b/doc/install/installation.md
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ GitLab Shell is an ssh access and repository management software developed speci
     cd /home/git
 
     # Clone gitlab shell
-    sudo -u git -H git clone https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell.git -b v1.8.0
+    sudo -u git -H git clone https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell.git -b v1.9.1
 
     cd gitlab-shell
 
diff --git a/doc/update/6.6-to-6.7.md b/doc/update/6.6-to-6.7.md
index f5b90c8ac5e..8a16e5d67be 100644
--- a/doc/update/6.6-to-6.7.md
+++ b/doc/update/6.6-to-6.7.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ sudo -u git -H git checkout 6-7-stable-ee
 ```bash
 cd /home/git/gitlab-shell
 sudo -u git -H git fetch
-sudo -u git -H git checkout v1.9.0
+sudo -u git -H git checkout v1.9.1
 ```
 
 ### 4. Install libs, migrations, etc.
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
index 067735d66b1..071760c0c36 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
   end
 
   def check_gitlab_shell
-    required_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.new(1, 9, 0)
+    required_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.new(1, 9, 1)
     current_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(gitlab_shell_version)
 
     print "GitLab Shell version >= #{required_version} ? ... "