diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a7cbab2b..ffef3434 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 News for libStorageMgmt
 
+1.9.2: May 14 2021
+    * Remove OpenSSL usage as OpenSSL 3.0 is deprecating MD5
+
 1.9.1: Apr 20 2021
     * Correct sim plugin install location
       - https://github.com/libstorage/libstoragemgmt/pull/463
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0a2316ac..89b82424 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl Copyright (C) 2011-2016 Red Hat, Inc.
 dnl See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
 
 AC_INIT(
-    [libstoragemgmt], [1.9.1], [libstoragemgmt-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org],
+    [libstoragemgmt], [1.9.2], [libstoragemgmt-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org],
     [], [https://github.com/libstorage/libstoragemgmt/])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])