diff --git a/packages/kilo-jetbrains/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/kilo-jetbrains/CHANGELOG.md
index 480836fd3e5e..5ffbce53fdd5 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-jetbrains/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/kilo-jetbrains/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -536,6 +536,21 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [7.1.9-rc.1] - 2026-09-28
+
+### Added
+
+- Rename workflows to commands throughout the JetBrains plugin and improve the related settings presentation.
+- Render agent board messages as Markdown.
+- Unify goals with scheduling and timing tools so agents can coordinate long-running work more reliably.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Recover from provider context-limit errors by compacting the conversation automatically.
+- Preserve prompt cache breakpoints only for first-party OpenAI providers, avoiding incompatible requests to custom providers.
+- Report scheduled sessions with their wake time instead of leaving them in a generic busy state.
+- Pass the configured embedding dimension to OpenAI-compatible indexing providers.
+
 ## [7.1.8] - 2026-09-25
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/packages/kilo-jetbrains/gradle.properties b/packages/kilo-jetbrains/gradle.properties
index 912ea081531b..d025286bd903 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-jetbrains/gradle.properties
+++ b/packages/kilo-jetbrains/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
-kilo.jetbrains.version=7.1.8
+kilo.jetbrains.version=7.1.9-rc.1
 # When true (default) the JetBrains plugin uses the pinned CLI release from package.json.
 # Set to false ONLY for local dev: generate the client from local source + bundle the local binary.
 # false is NOT releasable -- production builds fail unless this is true.