diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e4f652f67..67fa2bfe4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 # freeform string.
 m4_define([libguestfs_major],   [1])
 m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [51])
-m4_define([libguestfs_release], [8])
-m4_define([release_date],       [2023-11-16])
+m4_define([libguestfs_release], [9])
+m4_define([release_date],       [2023-12-09])
 
 AC_INIT([libguestfs],libguestfs_major.libguestfs_minor.libguestfs_release)
 AC_SUBST([RELEASE_DATE],release_date)
diff --git a/po/libguestfs.pot b/po/libguestfs.pot
index 14b527a23..7aaf08bbb 100644
--- a/po/libguestfs.pot
+++ b/po/libguestfs.pot
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.51.8\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.51.9\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?"
 "component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-11-16 11:22+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-12-09 11:43+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -3953,47 +3953,47 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "you must call guestfs_add_drive before guestfs_launch"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-direct.c:1042 lib/launch-libvirt.c:698
+#: lib/launch-direct.c:1042 lib/launch-libvirt.c:699
 msgid "qemu launched and contacted daemon, but state != READY"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:61
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:62
 #, c-format
 msgid "%s:%d: error constructing libvirt XML near call to \"%s\""
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:218
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:219
 msgid ""
 "could not auto-detect the format.\n"
 "If the format is known, pass the format to libguestfs, eg. using the\n"
 "‘--format’ option, or via the optional ‘format’ argument to ‘add-drive’."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:229
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:230
 msgid ""
 "could not auto-detect the format when using a non-file protocol.\n"
 "If the format is known, pass the format to libguestfs, eg. using the\n"
 "‘--format’ option, or via the optional ‘format’ argument to ‘add-drive’."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:344
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:345
 msgid "direct mode flag is not supported yet for libvirt backend"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:382
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:383
 #, c-format
 msgid "could not connect to libvirt (URI = %s)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:411
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:412
 msgid "could not get libvirt capabilities"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:432
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:433
 msgid "could not get libvirt domain capabilities"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:627
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:628
 msgid ""
 "could not create appliance through libvirt.\n"
 "\n"
@@ -4003,21 +4003,21 @@ msgid ""
 "Original error from libvirt"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:763
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:764
 msgid "unable to parse capabilities XML returned by libvirt"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:769 lib/launch-libvirt.c:871 lib/libvirt-domain.c:397
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:770 lib/launch-libvirt.c:872 lib/libvirt-domain.c:397
 #: lib/libvirt-domain.c:481
 msgid "unable to create new XPath context"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:779 lib/launch-libvirt.c:879 lib/launch-libvirt.c:895
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:780 lib/launch-libvirt.c:880 lib/launch-libvirt.c:896
 #, c-format
 msgid "unable to evaluate XPath expression: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:818
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:819
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "libvirt hypervisor doesn’t support qemu or KVM,\n"
@@ -4032,47 +4032,47 @@ msgid ""
 "For further help, read the guestfs(3) man page and libguestfs FAQ."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:865
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:866
 msgid "unable to parse domain capabilities XML returned by libvirt"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1511 lib/launch-libvirt.c:1769 lib/qemu.c:816
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1512 lib/launch-libvirt.c:1770 lib/qemu.c:816
 #, c-format
 msgid "realpath: could not convert ‘%s’ to absolute path"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1594
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1595
 msgid ""
 "libvirt does not support the qemu curl driver protocols (ftp, http, etc.); "
 "try setting LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1984
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1985
 msgid "could not define libvirt secret"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1995
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1996
 msgid "rbd protocol secret must be base64 encoded"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1999
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2000
 #, c-format
 msgid "base64_decode_alloc: %m"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2020
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2021
 msgid "could not set libvirt secret value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2033
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2034
 msgid "could not get UUID from libvirt secret"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2206
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2207
 msgid "could not destroy libvirt domain"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2227 lib/launch-libvirt.c:2260
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2228 lib/launch-libvirt.c:2261
 #, c-format
 msgid "%s: internal error forming error message"
 msgstr ""