diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8227a0a..d328d0e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.8"
+  ".": "0.1.9"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b2b553..f49aaab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.1.9](https://github.com/agentnameservice/ans-sdk-java/compare/v0.1.8...v0.1.9) (2026-06-29)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* fix syntax in VerificationPolicy doc ([#71](https://github.com/agentnameservice/ans-sdk-java/issues/71)) ([a27820a](https://github.com/agentnameservice/ans-sdk-java/commit/a27820afd3952e1bbe0cb075b97451d532687bde))
+
 ## [0.1.8](https://github.com/agentnameservice/ans-sdk-java/compare/v0.1.7...v0.1.8) (2026-06-23)
 
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 19259ee..67ee2cc 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 
 allprojects {
     group = "com.godaddy.ans"
-    version = "0.1.8" // x-release-please-version
+    version = "0.1.9" // x-release-please-version
 }
 
 // Modules to publish (excludes examples)