diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0297c5d..5a9bdd5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+1.008 2025-01-19
 - more tolerant t_brgb test with better failure-reporting with Test::PDL
 
 1.008 2025-01-16
diff --git a/lib/PDL/Transform/Color.pm b/lib/PDL/Transform/Color.pm
index fda413b..baa2e12 100644
--- a/lib/PDL/Transform/Color.pm
+++ b/lib/PDL/Transform/Color.pm
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ use PDL::Graphics::ColorSpace;
 use Carp;
 
 our @ISA = ( 'Exporter', 'PDL::Transform' );
-our $VERSION = '1.008';
-$VERSION = eval $VERSION;
+our $VERSION = '1.009';
+$VERSION =~ tr/_//d;
 
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw/ t_gamma t_brgb t_srgb t_shift_illuminant t_shift_rgb t_cmyk t_rgi t_cieXYZ t_xyz t_xyY t_xyy t_lab t_xyz2lab t_hsl t_hsv t_pc t_pcp/;
 our @EXPORT = @EXPORT_OK;