diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 05b3a97a59b9cbd433fb08be1a05c1edd25a7574..7397e9dc7000ef86cb0100d6cdc6aa45076ff968 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Version: 1.9.8
 Date: 2019-10-11
 Authors@R:
     c(person("Luke", "Zappia", role = c("aut", "cre"),
-      email = "luke.zappia@mcri.edu.au",
+      email = "luke@lazappi.id.au",
       comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-7744-8565")),
       person("Belinda", "Phipson", role = c("aut"),
       email = "belinda.phipson@mcri.edu.au",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 431f7a001591ed0947b851feac32df880d46469c..eab55b91bde5214ec98165a882c2a92b8adb0a33 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # DEVELOPMENT VERSION
 
+## Version 1.9.8 (2019-10-16)
+
 * Add missing documentation for sce argument in getCounts
+* Update maintainer email address
 
 ## Version 1.9.8 (2019-10-11)