diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b36769f..07892fa 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Version 4.0.9 (2017-03-21)
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+- Fix: __NOAUTOLINKS__ was not respected during rendering.
+
+* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
+
+
 Version 4.0.8 (2017-02-16)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index a39faee..e732b07 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
         "name": "LinkTitles",
         "author": [
-                "[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Bovender Daniel Kraus (bovender)]", 
+                "[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Bovender Daniel Kraus (bovender)]",
                 "Ulrich Strauss (c0nnex)",
                 "Brent Laabs (labster)"
         ],
         "type": "parserhook",
         "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LinkTitles",
-        "version": "4.0.8",
+        "version": "4.0.9",
         "license-name": "GPL-2.0+",
         "descriptionmsg": "linktitles-desc",
         "requires": {