diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6073474..a7c58ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ The recommended way to use this library is to consume it from maven central whil
   <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.msk</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-msk-iam-auth</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.8</version>
+      <version>1.1.9</version>
   </dependency>
   ```
 If you want to use it with a pre-existing Kafka client, you could build the uber jar and place it in the Kafka client's
@@ -502,7 +502,11 @@ public static String UriEncode(CharSequence input, boolean encodeSlash) {
    
 ## Release Notes
 
-### Release 1.1.8
+### Release 1.1.9
+- Bug fix to revert backward incompatible change for STS regional endpoint
+- Add support for cross-region and cross-account connection to MSK
+
+### Release 1.1.8 (Deprecated)
 - Add support for STS regional endpoint
 - Update AWS SDK dependencies to the latest to address the security vulnerabilities
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/version.properties b/src/main/resources/version.properties
index d95eff3..afc97b7 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/version.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/version.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#Updated on 2023-06-20T13:45:00Z
+#Updated on 2023-08-18T12:00:00Z
 platform=java
-version=1.1.8
+version=1.1.9