To clear this up a bit more.
We won't update to 1.9 for another few months.
This is because it'll probably take weeks for the plugins and servers to be ready to be updated, and during that time I will be in the middle of my final exams, which will take most, if not all, of my time.
After those exams I will look into updating it.
Keep in mind that this update would take a lot more time than other updates, since we have to rebalance everything. (Sharpness, strength, weapons, etc all got changed damage values now)