diff --git a/cabin.gemspec b/cabin.gemspec
index f798830..878f267 100644
Binary files a/cabin.gemspec and b/cabin.gemspec differ
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9e36cf6..bac7280 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ruby-cabin (0.8.1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+ruby-cabin (0.9.0-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   [ Utkarsh Gupta ]
   * Add salsa-ci.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ ruby-cabin (0.8.1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Use canonical URL in Vcs-Git.
   * Update watch file format version to 4.
   * Bump debhelper from old 12 to 13.
+  * New upstream release.
 
- -- Utkarsh Gupta <guptautkarsh2102@gmail.com>  Tue, 13 Aug 2019 03:40:41 +0530
+ -- Utkarsh Gupta <guptautkarsh2102@gmail.com>  Mon, 14 Mar 2022 05:18:00 -0000
 
 ruby-cabin (0.8.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/remove_simplecov.patch b/debian/patches/remove_simplecov.patch
index 2e71de8..ae99b87 100644
--- a/debian/patches/remove_simplecov.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/remove_simplecov.patch
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Bug: not-needed
 
 Index: ruby-cabin/test/test_helper.rb
 ===================================================================
---- ruby-cabin.orig/test/test_helper.rb	2016-03-15 16:28:31.052790333 -0300
-+++ ruby-cabin/test/test_helper.rb	2016-03-15 16:45:01.860716085 -0300
-@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
+--- ruby-cabin.orig/test/test_helper.rb
++++ ruby-cabin/test/test_helper.rb
+@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ require "support/minitest-patch"
  require "minitest/autorun"
  require "cabin"
  require "stringio"
diff --git a/lib/cabin/mixins/logger.rb b/lib/cabin/mixins/logger.rb
index 006a982..a6da9c7 100644
--- a/lib/cabin/mixins/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/cabin/mixins/logger.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module Cabin::Mixins::Logger
     # these methods return true if the loglevel allows that level of log.
     define_method(predicate) do 
       @level ||= :info
-      return LEVELS[@level] >= LEVELS[level]
+      LEVELS[@level] >= LEVELS[level]
     end # def info?, def warn? ...
   end # end defining level-based log methods