diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1912501..4edd573 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# 1.9.0 Jul 16, 2019
+
+* Fix crash from OnMapInitializedListener being called before map is laid out (PR #134)
+
+* Migrate Google Map tile api to `https` (PR #129)
+
 # 1.8.0 Aug 7, 2018
 
 * Added support for marker z-index (PR #126)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19bb7f0..67f447b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ will fallback to a web based map provider (currently Google Maps). Easy to integ
 Grab via Gradle:
 
 ```groovy
-compile 'com.airbnb.android:airmapview:1.8.0'
+compile 'com.airbnb.android:airmapview:1.9.0'
 ```
 
 Snapshots of the development version are available in [Sonatype's `snapshots` repository](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/).
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index ae7efc7..eea1ee8 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
 VERSION_CODE=16
-VERSION_NAME=1.9.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=1.9.0
 GROUP=com.airbnb.android
 
 POM_DESCRIPTION=A view abstraction to provide a map user interface with varying underlying map providers.
diff --git a/library/gradle-maven-push.gradle b/library/gradle-maven-push.gradle
index 48f1156..066849e 100644
--- a/library/gradle-maven-push.gradle
+++ b/library/gradle-maven-push.gradle
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ afterEvaluate { project ->
     }
 
     task androidJavadocs(type: Javadoc) {
+        excludes = ['**/*.kt']
         source = android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
         classpath += project.files(android.getBootClasspath().join(File.pathSeparator))
     }