diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 343c7fb3..d2941105 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ authors:
     given-names: Oliver
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4216-2721
 title: "Bakta: rapid & standardized annotation of bacterial genomes, MAGs & plasmids"
-version: 1.9.2
-date-released: 2024-01-23
+version: 1.9.3
+date-released: 2024-03-08
 keywords: 
   - bioinformatics
   - "genome-annotation"
diff --git a/bakta.cwl b/bakta.cwl
index 225af161..a363751a 100644
--- a/bakta.cwl
+++ b/bakta.cwl
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ hints:
   SoftwareRequirement:
     packages:
       bakta:
-        version: [ "1.9.2" ]
+        version: [ "1.9.3" ]
         specs: ["https://github.com/oschwengers/bakta"]
   DockerRequirement:
-    dockerPull: oschwengers/bakta:v1.9.1
+    dockerPull: oschwengers/bakta:v1.9.3
 
 #baseCommand: []
 
diff --git a/bakta/__init__.py b/bakta/__init__.py
index 2fd3404d..c1928aba 100644
--- a/bakta/__init__.py
+++ b/bakta/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '1.9.2'
+__version__ = '1.9.3'
 __db_schema_version__ = 5