diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b94c37a5..a832f440 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 
 ## 0.9 (current master/dev)
 
+#### 0.9.3
+
+- support pdf and eps in plotlyjs backend
+- allow curly after grid: `@layout [a b; grid(4,4){0.8h}]`
+- add_backend redesign
+
 #### 0.9.2
 
 - glvisualize backend (@SimonDanisch)
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index 8c9330a5..9eb79021 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ default(size=(500,300))
 # TODO: use julia's Condition type and the wait() and notify() functions to initialize a Window, then wait() on a condition that
 #       is referenced in a button press callback (the button clicked callback will call notify() on that condition)
 
-const _current_plots_version = v"0.9.3"
+const _current_plots_version = v"0.9.4"
 
 
 function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = isinteractive(), sigma = [1,1], eps = 1e-2)