diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0066d5d..02651a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.4.9 (February 2020)
+---------------------
+
+- fix issue when connection to websocket URLs
+
 0.4.8 (January 2020)
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0444189..84adac5 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: romero.gateway
 Type: Package
-Version: 0.4.8.9000
-Date: 2020-01-22
+Version: 0.4.9
+Date: 2020-02-26
 Title: OMERO R Gateway
 Description: R Wrapper around the OMERO Java Gateway, which
   enables access to an OMERO server within R.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92600d9..1bd04ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Download the latest romero.gateway version which is compatible with your OMERO s
 
 OMERO version | romero.gateway version
 --- | --- 
-5.6, 5.5 | 0.4.8
+5.6, 5.5 | >= 0.4.8
 5.5 | 0.4.7
 5.4 | <= 0.4.7