diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec68fb3f43..bc75683b6a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/philsquared/Catch.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/philsquared/Catch)
 [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/hrtk60hv6tw6fght/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/philsquared/catch/branch/master)
 
-<a href="https://github.com/philsquared/Catch/releases/download/v1.9.0/catch.hpp">The latest, single header, version can be downloaded directly using this link</a>
+<a href="https://github.com/philsquared/Catch/releases/download/v1.9.1/catch.hpp">The latest, single header, version can be downloaded directly using this link</a>
 
 ## What's the Catch?
 
diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index a96ab8980e..7e1165f1ca 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# 1.9.1
+
+### Fixes
+* Unexpected exceptions are no longer ignored by default (#885, #887)
+
+
 # 1.9.0
 
 
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_version.hpp b/include/internal/catch_version.hpp
index 744eb5d4dd..0141a72055 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_version.hpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_version.hpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Catch {
     }
 
     inline Version libraryVersion() {
-        static Version version( 1, 9, 0, "", 0 );
+        static Version version( 1, 9, 1, "", 0 );
         return version;
     }
 
diff --git a/single_include/catch.hpp b/single_include/catch.hpp
index f6c44e4274..45328b8545 100644
--- a/single_include/catch.hpp
+++ b/single_include/catch.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
- *  Catch v1.9.0
- *  Generated: 2017-04-07 22:51:48.249456
+ *  Catch v1.9.1
+ *  Generated: 2017-04-09 21:21:06.285364
  *  ----------------------------------------------------------
  *  This file has been merged from multiple headers. Please don't edit it directly
  *  Copyright (c) 2012 Two Blue Cubes Ltd. All rights reserved.
@@ -6748,11 +6748,9 @@ namespace Catch {
             catch(...) {
                 // Under CATCH_CONFIG_FAST_COMPILE, unexpected exceptions under REQUIRE assertions
                 // are reported without translation at the point of origin.
-#ifdef CATCH_CONFIG_FAST_COMPILE
                 if (m_shouldReportUnexpected) {
                     makeUnexpectedResultBuilder().useActiveException();
                 }
-#endif
             }
             m_testCaseTracker->close();
             handleUnfinishedSections();
@@ -8234,7 +8232,7 @@ namespace Catch {
     }
 
     inline Version libraryVersion() {
-        static Version version( 1, 9, 0, "", 0 );
+        static Version version( 1, 9, 1, "", 0 );
         return version;
     }