diff --git a/HISTORY.txt b/HISTORY.txt
index 326298f3..8ccd09a6 100644
--- a/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/HISTORY.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+7.9.10:
+ - Use urllib3 directly, for exceptions handling.
 7.9.9:
  - Fix argument parsing.
 7.9.8:
diff --git a/pipenv/__version__.py b/pipenv/__version__.py
index 2ab12b49..1be9aa37 100644
--- a/pipenv/__version__.py
+++ b/pipenv/__version__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 #  //___/ / / / //___/ / //       //   / /  || / /
 # //       / / //       ((____   //   / /   ||/ /
 
-__version__ = '7.9.9'
+__version__ = '7.9.10'