diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@
 project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) and Haskell
 [package versioning policy](https://wiki.haskell.org/Package_versioning_policy).
 
-
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.0.8] - 2020-01-27
+
+- update stack version
+- Fix build failure with pandoc 1.17
+- Fix build failure with pandoc 2.9
+
 ## [1.0.7] - 2019-06-02
 
 - Export `tablifyCSVLinksPure` for cases where no IO is required.
@@ -50,7 +55,9 @@
 - The first release.
 
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/baig/pandoc-csv2table-filter/compare/1.0.6...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/baig/pandoc-csv2table-filter/compare/1.0.8...HEAD
+[1.0.8]: https://github.com/baig/pandoc-csv2table-filter/compare/1.0.7...1.0.8
+[1.0.7]: https://github.com/baig/pandoc-csv2table-filter/compare/1.0.6...1.0.7
 [1.0.6]: https://github.com/baig/pandoc-csv2table-filter/compare/1.0.5...1.0.6
 [1.0.5]: https://github.com/baig/pandoc-csv2table-filter/compare/1.0.4...1.0.5
 [1.0.4]: https://github.com/baig/pandoc-csv2table-filter/compare/1.0.3...1.0.4
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Pandoc csv2table Filter
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/vmandela/pandoc-csv2table.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/vmandela/pandoc-csv2table)
+
 A Pandoc filter that replaces CSV content (either inside fenced code blocks or referenced CSV files) with
 [Pandoc Table Markdown][tables].
 
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@
 
 ## License
 
-Copyright &copy; 2015-2018 [Wasif Hasan Baig](https://twitter.com/_wbaig)
+Copyright &copy; 2015-2020 [Wasif Hasan Baig](https://twitter.com/_wbaig),[Venkateswara Rao Mandela](https://vmandela.com)
 
 Source code is released under the Terms and Conditions of [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
 
diff --git a/pandoc-csv2table.cabal b/pandoc-csv2table.cabal
--- a/pandoc-csv2table.cabal
+++ b/pandoc-csv2table.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                 pandoc-csv2table
-Version:              1.0.7
+Version:              1.0.8
 Synopsis:             Convert CSV to Pandoc Table Markdown
 Description:          A Pandoc filter that replaces image inline or fenced code
                       blocks with pandoc table markdown. CSV contents will be
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 License-File:         LICENSE
 Author:               Wasif Hasan Baig <pr.wasif@gmail.com>
 Maintainer:           Venkateswara Rao Mandela <venkat.mandela@gmail.com>
-Copyright:            (c) 2015-2019 Wasif Hasan Baig, Venkateswara Rao Mandela
+Copyright:            (c) 2015-2020 Wasif Hasan Baig, Venkateswara Rao Mandela
 Stability:            alpha
 Category:             Text
 Build-Type:           Simple
diff --git a/src/Text/Table/Builder.hs b/src/Text/Table/Builder.hs
--- a/src/Text/Table/Builder.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Table/Builder.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
    Copyright   : Copyright (C) 2015 Wasif Hasan Baig
    License     : MIT
 
-   Maintainer  : Wasif Hasan Baig <pr.wasif@gmail.com>
+   Maintainer  : Venkateswara Rao Mandela <venkat.mandela@gmail.com>
    Stability   : alpha
 
 Functions for building Tables and converting them to markdown.
diff --git a/src/Text/Table/Definition.hs b/src/Text/Table/Definition.hs
--- a/src/Text/Table/Definition.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Table/Definition.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
    Copyright   : Copyright (C) 2015 Wasif Hasan Baig
    License     : MIT
 
-   Maintainer  : Wasif Hasan Baig <pr.wasif@gmail.com>
+   Maintainer  : Venkateswara Rao Mandela <venkat.mandela@gmail.com>
    Stability   : alpha
 
 Definition of 'Table' data structure for internal representation.
diff --git a/src/Text/Table/Helper.hs b/src/Text/Table/Helper.hs
--- a/src/Text/Table/Helper.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Table/Helper.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
    Copyright   : Copyright (C) 2015 Wasif Hasan Baig
    License     : MIT
 
-   Maintainer  : Wasif Hasan Baig <pr.wasif@gmail.com>
+   Maintainer  : Venkateswara Rao Mandela <venkat.mandela@gmail.com>
    Stability   : alpha
 
 This helper module exports functions extract values from Pandoc AST and 
@@ -47,12 +47,19 @@
     , toAlign
     , tableFromImageInline
     , tableFromCodeBlock
+    , getString
+    , applyToTuple
 ) where
 
 import Text.CSV (CSV)
 import Data.List (isInfixOf)
 import Text.Pandoc (readMarkdown, def, ReaderOptions, readerExtensions)
+#if MIN_VERSION_pandoc(2, 0, 0)
+-- Extensions was split from Options in 2.0.0
 import Text.Pandoc.Extensions
+#else
+import Text.Pandoc (pandocExtensions)
+#endif
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.JSON as J
 -- Local imports
 import Text.Table.Definition
@@ -60,9 +67,18 @@
 -- imports for compatibility with Pandoc 2.0+
 #if MIN_VERSION_pandoc(2,0,0)
 import Text.Pandoc (runPure)
-import Data.Text (pack)
+import Data.Text (pack, unpack)
 #endif
 
+#if MIN_VERSION_pandoc(2,9,0)
+getString = unpack
+#else
+getString = id
+#endif
+
+applyToTuple :: (a -> b) -> (a, a) -> (b, b)
+applyToTuple f (x, y) = ((f x), (f y))
+
 -- Helper functions to manipulate the Pandoc Document and parse the 
 -- Configuration String.
 
@@ -91,13 +107,13 @@
                   _           -> Grid
 
 getTableType :: [J.Inline] -> TableType
-getTableType ((J.Str s):[]) = toTableType1 s
+getTableType ((J.Str s):[]) = toTableType1 (getString s)
 getTableType (_:is)         = getTableType is
 getTableType []             = Grid
 
 -- | Whether to treat first line of CSV as a header or not.
 isHeaderPresent :: [J.Inline] -> Bool
-isHeaderPresent ((J.Str s):[]) = not $ "n" `isInfixOf` s
+isHeaderPresent ((J.Str s):[]) = not $ "n" `isInfixOf` (getString s)
 isHeaderPresent (_:is)         = isHeaderPresent is
 isHeaderPresent []             = True
 
@@ -120,7 +136,7 @@
 
 -- | Parse Config String for alignment information
 getAligns :: [J.Inline] -> [Align]
-getAligns ((J.Str s):[]) = toAlign s
+getAligns ((J.Str s):[]) = toAlign (getString s)
 getAligns (_:is)         = getAligns is
 getAligns []             = []
 
diff --git a/src/Text/Table/Tablify.hs b/src/Text/Table/Tablify.hs
--- a/src/Text/Table/Tablify.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Table/Tablify.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
    Copyright   : Copyright (C) 2015 Wasif Hasan Baig
    License     : MIT
 
-   Maintainer  : Wasif Hasan Baig <pr.wasif@gmail.com>
+   Maintainer  : Venkateswara Rao Mandela <venkat.mandela@gmail.com>
    Stability   : alpha
 
 Function for operating on Pandoc fenced code blocks or image blocks
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@
 -- variant 1: Referencing CSV file in Image Links
 #if MIN_VERSION_pandoc(1,16,0)
 -- Image Attr [Inline] Target -- ^ Image:  alt text (list of inlines), target
-tablifyCsvLinks (Para [(Image _ l (f, _))]) | "csv" `isSuffixOf` f = do
+tablifyCsvLinks (Para [(Image _ l (f, _))]) | "csv" `isSuffixOf` (getString f) = do
 #else
 -- Image [Inline] Target -- ^ Image:  alt text (list of inlines), target
 tablifyCsvLinks (Para [(Image l (f, _))]) | "csv" `isSuffixOf` f = do
 #endif
-    csv <- parseCSVFromFile f
+    csv <- parseCSVFromFile $ getString f
     case csv of
         (Left _)    -> return []
         (Right xss) -> return .
@@ -62,17 +62,17 @@
                        tableFromImageInline l $
                        xss
 -- variant 2 and 3: Fenced Code Blocks
-tablifyCsvLinks b@(CodeBlock (_, cs, as) s) | "table" `elem` cs = do
-    let file = getAtr "source" as
+tablifyCsvLinks b@(CodeBlock (_, cs, as) s) | "table" `elem` (map getString cs) = do
+    let file = getAtr "source" as1
     case file of
       -- variant 2: Referencing CSV file in Fenced Code Blocks
-      "" -> case s of
+      "" -> case s1 of
               "" -> return [b]
-              _  -> case (parseCSV "" s) of
+              _  -> case (parseCSV "" s1) of
                       (Left _)    -> return []
                       (Right xss) -> return .
                                      toBlocks .
-                                     tableFromCodeBlock as $
+                                     tableFromCodeBlock as1 $
                                      xss
       -- variant 3:Including CSV content inside Fenced Code Blocks
       _  -> do
@@ -81,18 +81,22 @@
                 (Left _)    -> return []
                 (Right xss) -> return .
                                toBlocks .
-                               tableFromCodeBlock as $
+                               tableFromCodeBlock as1 $
                                xss
+    where s1 = getString s
+          as1 = (map (applyToTuple getString) as )
 -- Return input unchanged in case of no match
 tablifyCsvLinks x = return [x]
 
 tablifyCsvLinksPure :: Block -> [Block]
-tablifyCsvLinksPure b@(CodeBlock (_, cs, as) s) | "table" `elem` cs = do
-  case s of
+tablifyCsvLinksPure b@(CodeBlock (_, cs, as) s) | "table" `elem` (map getString cs) = do
+  case s1 of
     "" -> return b
-    _  -> case (parseCSV "" s) of
+    _  -> case (parseCSV "" s1) of
             (Left _)    -> return b
             (Right xss) -> toBlocks .
-                           tableFromCodeBlock as $
+                           tableFromCodeBlock as1 $
                            xss
+  where s1 = getString s
+        as1 = (map (applyToTuple getString) as )
 tablifyCsvLinksPure x = return x
