diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 081a5a8..97b4ea9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         platform:
-          - runner: ubuntu-22.04
+          - runner: ubuntu-24.04
             target: x86_64
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
           # only CPython and PyPy (which fail) so specify the full path to the CPythons
-          args: --release --out dist --interpreter /usr/local/bin/python3.9 --interpreter /usr/local/bin/python3.11
+          args: --release --out dist --interpreter /usr/local/bin/python3.11
           sccache: 'true'
           manylinux: auto
       - name: Upload wheels
@@ -59,12 +59,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
           # Fix up the python versions that maturin detects, as some break
           platform:
-          - runner: macos-13
-            target: x86_64
-            python_args: --interpreter /Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.20/x64/bin/python3.9 --interpreter /usr/local/bin/python3.11
           - runner: macos-14
             target: aarch64
-            python_args: --interpreter python3.9 --interpreter python3.11
+            python_args: --interpreter python3.11
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5b82796..cb34a8b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "espeak-py"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9"
 authors = ["Benjamin Levin <ben@poly-ai.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Python bindings for a narrow subset of espeak"
diff --git a/espeak-ng b/espeak-ng
index b702b03..2e9a5fc 160000
--- a/espeak-ng
+++ b/espeak-ng
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b702b03996de94035fadae0eb5ad9506c5a09f35
+Subproject commit 2e9a5fccbb0095e87b2769e9249ea1f821918ecd