diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2df10463b..c49e7683f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: gdalraster
 Title: Bindings to the 'Geospatial Data Abstraction Library' Raster API
-Version: 1.9.0.9100
+Version: 1.9.0.9110
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Chris", "Toney", email = "chris.toney@usda.gov",
             role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = "R interface/additional functionality"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 3c686dc0f..74622c211 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# gdalraster 1.9.0.9100 (dev)
+# gdalraster 1.9.0.9110 (dev)
+
+* additional error checks and `OGR_G_DestroyGeometry()` on created geometries in src/geos_wkt.cpp (2024-03-09)
 
 * add `vsi_supports_rnd_write()` and `vsi_supports_seq_write()`: test whether the filesystem supports random write or sequential write, dependent on whether a local temp file is allowed before uploading to the target location (2024-03-08)
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1dc906d87..5901b19ee 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71 for gdalraster 1.9.0.9100.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71 for gdalraster 1.9.0.9110.
 #
 # Report bugs to <chris.toney@usda.gov>.
 #
@@ -610,8 +610,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='gdalraster'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='gdalraster'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.9.0.9100'
-PACKAGE_STRING='gdalraster 1.9.0.9100'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.9.0.9110'
+PACKAGE_STRING='gdalraster 1.9.0.9110'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='chris.toney@usda.gov'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures gdalraster 1.9.0.9100 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures gdalraster 1.9.0.9110 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of gdalraster 1.9.0.9100:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of gdalraster 1.9.0.9110:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-gdalraster configure 1.9.0.9100
+gdalraster configure 1.9.0.9110
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71
 
 Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by gdalraster $as_me 1.9.0.9100, which was
+It was created by gdalraster $as_me 1.9.0.9110, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0$ac_configure_args_raw
@@ -3921,7 +3921,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by gdalraster $as_me 1.9.0.9100, which was
+This file was extended by gdalraster $as_me 1.9.0.9110, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -3976,7 +3976,7 @@ ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
-gdalraster config.status 1.9.0.9100
+gdalraster config.status 1.9.0.9110
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b97dc95ed..99193e6be 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # local copy of the PROJ data directory. The PROJ datadir is now obtained from
 # pkg-config if possible. Compiler invocations are now logged.
 # 2024-03-03: Test that GEOS is available to GDAL.
-AC_INIT([gdalraster],[1.9.0.9100],[chris.toney@usda.gov])
+AC_INIT([gdalraster],[1.9.0.9110],[chris.toney@usda.gov])
 AC_LANG(C++)
 
 # find R home and set CC/CFLAGS