diff --git a/apps/rn/src/tests/assets.js b/apps/rn/src/tests/assets.js
index 8604cd9f8..76aee4dae 100644
--- a/apps/rn/src/tests/assets.js
+++ b/apps/rn/src/tests/assets.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const writePdf = async (pdfBytes, chunkSize = 100000): Promise<string> =>
 export const fetchAsset = async (path) => {
   const res = await RNFetchBlob.config({ fileCache: false }).fetch(
     'GET',
-    `http://localhost:8080/assets/${path}`,
+    `http://localhost:8080/assets/${encodeURI(path)}`,
     { 'Cache-Control': 'no-store' },
   );
   return res.base64();
diff --git a/apps/rn/yarn.lock b/apps/rn/yarn.lock
index ac0a33fa9..00e4bafdd 100644
--- a/apps/rn/yarn.lock
+++ b/apps/rn/yarn.lock
@@ -4891,7 +4891,7 @@ path-type@^3.0.0:
     pify "^3.0.0"
 
 pdf-lib@./../..:
-  version "1.8.0"
+  version "1.9.0"
   dependencies:
     "@pdf-lib/standard-fonts" "^0.0.4"
     "@pdf-lib/upng" "^1.0.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 547112e9a..4f7aa9a67 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pdf-lib",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "Create and modify PDF files with JavaScript",
   "author": "Andrew Dillon <andrew.dillon.j@gmail.com>",
   "contributors": [
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     "Tim Kräuter (https://github.com/timKraeuter)",
     "Richard Bateman (https://github.com/taxilian)",
     "Sebastian Martinez (https://github.com/sebastinez)",
-    "soadzoor (https://github.com/soadzoor)"
+    "soadzoor (https://github.com/soadzoor)",
+    "Slobodan Babic (https://github.com/bockoblur)"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "release:latest": "yarn publish --tag latest && yarn pack && yarn release:tag",