diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/NEWS b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/NEWS
index 5c044e77e183e59b86317a32bc4aa4005193c298..dfa8fa8c68d57ad629eef460e119124adc85477f 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/NEWS
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+==============================================================
+LuaTeX 1.09 2018-10-23
+==============================================================
+
+(1) This is a release that fixed some bugs, and the latest 
+with lua 5.2. 
+
+(2) luaffi is still incomplete, so very likely there will be
+a new release 1.09.1 before the next year.
+
+
+
 ==============================================================
 LuaTeX 1.08 2018-08-28
 ==============================================================