diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 91b2b23a..b7cb12de 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: bayesplot
 Type: Package
 Title: Plotting for Bayesian Models
 Version: 1.9.0
-Date: 2022-03-02
+Date: 2022-03-09
 Authors@R: c(person("Jonah", "Gabry", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "jsg2201@columbia.edu"),
              person("Tristan", "Mahr", role = "aut"),
              person("Paul-Christian", "Bürkner", role = "ctb"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 29b5f6a7..789d1c6a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ previous releases, but the new ones in this release are:
 * `mcmc_areas()` and `mcmc_areas_ridges()` gain an argument `border_size` for
 controlling the thickness of the ridgelines. (#224)
 
+* Extractors `nuts_params()`, `log_posterior()`, `rhat()`, and `neff_ratio()`
+now support CmdStanMCMC objects from CmdStanR. 
+
 # bayesplot 1.8.1
 
 * Fix R cmd check error on linux for CRAN