diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ab91fa..19c6e3e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 <!-- markdownlint-disable MD024 -->
 
-## [Unreleased] (date goes here)
+## [9.2.1] (2024-02-25)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `n doctor` works with custom `N_CACHE_PREFIX`
+
+### Added
+
+- expand tests in `n doctor` for folder existence and permissions
 
 ## [9.2.0] (2023-10-15)
 
@@ -23,7 +31,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [9.0.1] (2022-11-04)
 
-### Fixes
+### Fixed
 
 - `Makefile` compatible with more flavours of `make` ([#745])
 - quote paths in `Makefile` in case `PREFIX` contains spaces ([#746])
@@ -490,6 +498,7 @@ Only minor functional changes, but technically could break scripts relying on sp
 <!-- reference links for releases -->
 
 [Unreleased]: https://github.com/tj/n/compare/master...develop
+[9.2.1]: https://github.com/tj/n/compare/v9.2.0...v9.2.1
 [9.2.0]: https://github.com/tj/n/compare/v9.1.0...v9.2.0
 [9.1.0]: https://github.com/tj/n/compare/v9.0.1...v9.1.0
 [9.0.1]: https://github.com/tj/n/compare/v9.0.0...v9.0.1
diff --git a/bin/dev/release b/bin/dev/release
index b381466..643ab14 100755
--- a/bin/dev/release
+++ b/bin/dev/release
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function confirm {
 }
 
 
-readonly N_VERSION="$(n --version)"
+readonly N_VERSION="$(./bin/n --version)"
 if [[ "${N_VERSION}" =~ ^[0-9.]+-[0-9]+$ ]]; then
   echo "Error: internal version number still prerelease, set it to desired version first."
   exit 2
diff --git a/bin/n b/bin/n
index 1a5510f..7628972 100755
--- a/bin/n
+++ b/bin/n
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function n_grep() {
 # Setup and state
 #
 
-VERSION="v9.2.0"
+VERSION="v9.2.1"
 
 N_PREFIX="${N_PREFIX-/usr/local}"
 N_PREFIX=${N_PREFIX%/}