diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 4f10832b0..368271bfb 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@ This following summarizes the most important changes in recent Spicy releases.
 For an exhaustive list of all changes, see the :repo:`CHANGES` file coming with
 the distribution.
 
+Version 1.10 (in progress)
+==========================
+
+.. rubric:: New Functionality
+
+.. rubric:: Changed Functionality
+
+.. rubric:: Bug fixes
+
+.. rubric:: Documentation
+
 Version 1.9
 ===========
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5fd4106e3..7a8d8add0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
 # Spicy — Robust Parsers for Protocols & File Formats
 
-<table><tr>
-
-<td>
 <table>
-<tr><th></th>              <th>Stable</th> <th>Development</th> </tr>
-<tr><td>Documentation</td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="https://docs.zeek.org/projects/spicy">Spicy Manual</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td>Changelog</td>    <td align="center"><a href="https://docs.zeek.org/projects/spicy/en/latest/release-notes.html">Release Notes</td> <td align="center"><a href="/CHANGES">CHANGES</a></td></tr>
-<tr>
-  <td>Build status</td>
-  <td><a href="https://cirrus-ci.com/github/zeek/spicy/release/1.5"><img src="https://api.cirrus-ci.com/github/zeek/spicy.svg?branch=release/1.5" alt="Build status release"></a></td>
-  <td><a href="https://cirrus-ci.com/github/zeek/spicy/main"><img src="https://api.cirrus-ci.com/github/zeek/spicy.svg" alt="Build status development"></a></td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-</td>
-
+  <tr>
+    <th></th>
+    <th>Stable</th>
+    <th>Development</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Documentation</td>
+    <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="https://docs.zeek.org/projects/spicy">Spicy Manual</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Changelog</td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://docs.zeek.org/projects/spicy/en/latest/release-notes.html">Release Notes</td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="/CHANGES">CHANGES</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Build status</td>
+    <td>
+      <a href="https://cirrus-ci.com/github/zeek/spicy/release/1.9"><img src="https://api.cirrus-ci.com/github/zeek/spicy.svg?branch=release/1.9" alt="Build status release"></a>
+    </td>
+    <td>
+      <a href="https://cirrus-ci.com/github/zeek/spicy/main"><img src="https://api.cirrus-ci.com/github/zeek/spicy.svg" alt="Build status development"></a>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
-
 ## Overview <img src='doc/_static/spicy-logo-square.png' align="right" width="150" />
 
 Spicy is a parser generator that makes it easy to create robust C++