diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c8f4d48be..618c0f663 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+What's new in Sudo 1.8.9p1?
+
+ * Fixed a problem with gcc 4.8's handling of bit fields that could
+   lead to the noexec flag being enabled even when it was not
+   explicitly set.
+
+ * Fixed a potential hang for some commands when I/O logging is
+   enabled.
+
 What's new in Sudo 1.8.9?
 
  * Reworked sudo's main event loop to use a simple event subsystem
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5d97dad85..192783105 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for sudo 1.8.9.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for sudo 1.8.9p1.
 #
 # Report bugs to <http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/>.
 #
@@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='sudo'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='sudo'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.8.9'
-PACKAGE_STRING='sudo 1.8.9'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.8.9p1'
+PACKAGE_STRING='sudo 1.8.9p1'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures sudo 1.8.9 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures sudo 1.8.9p1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of sudo 1.8.9:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of sudo 1.8.9p1:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-sudo configure 1.8.9
+sudo configure 1.8.9p1
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2502,7 +2502,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by sudo $as_me 1.8.9, which was
+It was created by sudo $as_me 1.8.9p1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -22667,7 +22667,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by sudo $as_me 1.8.9, which was
+This file was extended by sudo $as_me 1.8.9p1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -22733,7 +22733,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-sudo config.status 1.8.9
+sudo config.status 1.8.9p1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1c0fecf7a..2c3c395d9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 dnl
 dnl Use the top-level autogen.sh script to generate configure and config.h.in
 dnl
-dnl Copyright (c) 1994-1996,1998-2013 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
+dnl Copyright (c) 1994-1996,1998-2014 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
 dnl
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
-AC_INIT([sudo], [1.8.9], [http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/], [sudo])
+AC_INIT([sudo], [1.8.9p1], [http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/], [sudo])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h pathnames.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/sudo.c])
 dnl