diff --git a/docs/internals/roles.txt b/docs/internals/roles.txt
index a938726fdd6..e2b0e6c6303 100644
--- a/docs/internals/roles.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/roles.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Roles
 Technical board
 ===============
 
-The technical board for the 1.8 release cycle is:
+The technical board for the 1.9 release cycle is:
 
 * Aymeric Augustin
 * Andrew Godwin