diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a344e4d..f159947a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.0.0-pre9] - 2026-01-16
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Matcher race condition at startup
 ## [1.0.0-pre8] - 2026-01-16
 
 ### 🚀 Features
@@ -15,6 +20,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - *(ui)* Use current highlight for the current item (closes #889) (#890)
 
+### 💼 Other
+
+- V1.0.0-pre8
+
 ### 🧪 Testing
 
 - Remove useless listen tests
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 00928297..a198d3c5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ checksum = "e3a9fe34e3e7a50316060351f37187a3f546bce95496156754b601a5fa71b76e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "skim"
-version = "1.0.0-pre8"
+version = "1.0.0-pre9"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi-to-tui",
  "assert_enum_variants",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 61cc68b8..e5818725 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "skim"
-version = "1.0.0-pre8"
+version = "1.0.0-pre9"
 authors = ["Loric ANDRE", "Zhang Jinzhou <lotabout@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Fuzzy Finder in rust!"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/skim"
diff --git a/man/man1/sk.1 b/man/man1/sk.1
index 4aeff0c1..48c76afb 100644
--- a/man/man1/sk.1
+++ b/man/man1/sk.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
 .el .ds Aq '
-.TH sk 1  "sk 1.0.0-pre8" 
+.TH sk 1  "sk 1.0.0-pre9" 
 .SH NAME
 sk \- Fuzzy Finder in rust!
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -867,4 +867,4 @@ Pipe log output to a file
 \fB\-\-expect\fR \fI<EXPECT>\fR [default: ]
 Deprecated, kept for compatibility purposes. See accept() bind instead
 .SH VERSION
-v1.0.0\-pre8
+v1.0.0\-pre9