diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 55b883b2b1e777d35bdfa327c14c678e577cb0ef..f845a277def880dd2aa127a9123f9d3b8b3f55cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+minerva (16.2.9) stable; urgency=medium
+  * Bug fix: parsing GPML file with unknown ShapeType caused errors during
+    parsing (#1776)
+
+ -- Piotr Gawron <piotr.gawron@uni.lu>  Mon, 03 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0200
+
 minerva (16.2.8) stable; urgency=medium
   * Bug fix: missing content-type header in REST API documentation caused
     issues with converter API (#1745, #1754, #1759, #1755)
diff --git a/CellDesigner-plugin/pom.xml b/CellDesigner-plugin/pom.xml
index 360c594e9df9031bc853e05da8b30eb2f1018ac3..aa15c1bc0fbc7d0f7384c27fdd1e3a1f7d065aa1 100644
--- a/CellDesigner-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/CellDesigner-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>CellDesigner-plugin</artifactId>
 	<!-- dependency from the MapViewer model -->
@@ -50,19 +50,19 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/annotation/pom.xml b/annotation/pom.xml
index f1cb773ec73193adbc5e27303422f3fcb1791235..85769a185fc1e40e162965565236e8b642a94720 100644
--- a/annotation/pom.xml
+++ b/annotation/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>annotation</artifactId>
 	<name>Annotation module</name>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the MapViewer dao -->
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>persist</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the MapViewer cell designer parser (we need access 
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2 -->
diff --git a/commons/pom.xml b/commons/pom.xml
index 7a852930613f12fadb2c830bf8e01bf61053a346..4389ff934bf40194057cf3e9ea5645c583f24798 100644
--- a/commons/pom.xml
+++ b/commons/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>commons</artifactId>
 	<name>Mapviewer commons</name>
diff --git a/converter-CellDesigner/pom.xml b/converter-CellDesigner/pom.xml
index 43a21cc08ebf4fdae001f0f44db2cc57a694aacb..0dc43c0f03d720a1db347e25e4a6a4dae79f1a75 100644
--- a/converter-CellDesigner/pom.xml
+++ b/converter-CellDesigner/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
 	<name>CellDesigner converter</name>
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2 -->
diff --git a/converter-SBGNML/pom.xml b/converter-SBGNML/pom.xml
index 617f976b4b55627304dff1150587d2a0295c1d36..f5879012f00a534da4969fe687ff2a652beac56b 100644
--- a/converter-SBGNML/pom.xml
+++ b/converter-SBGNML/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>converter-SBGNML</artifactId>
 
@@ -20,26 +20,26 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>persist</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-graphics</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/converter-graphics/pom.xml b/converter-graphics/pom.xml
index 9632ee654cb70fbc3c2e27759d91a773a4949595..a7407b2e5144faacaa0b85e440e4ccea9471f5c4 100644
--- a/converter-graphics/pom.xml
+++ b/converter-graphics/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>converter-graphics</artifactId>
 	<name>MapViewer graphics converter</name>
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model-command</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2-->
diff --git a/converter-sbml/pom.xml b/converter-sbml/pom.xml
index 4cb70ee30c829ac3d48e04912f5fbc24eb9e429a..e71bd7681b2a9a6bf234b08ab3309d480f28dcc5 100644
--- a/converter-sbml/pom.xml
+++ b/converter-sbml/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>converter-sbml</artifactId>
 	<name>converter-sbml</name>
@@ -40,22 +40,22 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model-command</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2 -->
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-graphics</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/converter/pom.xml b/converter/pom.xml
index 18bfea5fb780b64e5d81c37119cbb0edcb04d8c4..dc746dffdd4b86fff683dc78cedc7787009fa19f 100644
--- a/converter/pom.xml
+++ b/converter/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>16.2.8</version>
+    <version>16.2.9</version>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>converter</artifactId>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
       <artifactId>model</artifactId>
-      <version>16.2.8</version>
+      <version>16.2.9</version>
     </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>xerces</groupId>
diff --git a/frontend-js/pom.xml b/frontend-js/pom.xml
index 4e8e6fb2e3e3cf7e9c2c089748cc69b42e47911b..1e341d56f47a766de9a525b57e66137a1d5865c6 100644
--- a/frontend-js/pom.xml
+++ b/frontend-js/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>frontend-js</artifactId>
 	<name>frontend-js</name>
diff --git a/model-command/pom.xml b/model-command/pom.xml
index 7bed1d8b1ba9fb146a71a4052187d51f2d1ab244..95352116fecab0ee07bc556891be068083b5c0cb 100644
--- a/model-command/pom.xml
+++ b/model-command/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>16.2.8</version>
+    <version>16.2.9</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>model-command</artifactId>
   <name>Model commands</name>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		<dependency>
     	<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
       <artifactId>model</artifactId>
-      <version>16.2.8</version>
+      <version>16.2.9</version>
     </dependency>
     
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		<dependency>
       <groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
       <artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-      <version>16.2.8</version>
+      <version>16.2.9</version>
     </dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2-->
diff --git a/model/pom.xml b/model/pom.xml
index 6020ebfe5d046f976be95c7b1c744b04dc76b09a..a297015e32e8645694514cc59de2664d24849b3e 100644
--- a/model/pom.xml
+++ b/model/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>model</artifactId>
 	<name>model MapViewer</name>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<!-- Java xml serialization -->
diff --git a/pathvisio/pom.xml b/pathvisio/pom.xml
index e7d7cc0a20c49a3cfbb5ec62bf7e95cdec65b166..1c2edb1936f5a85450250718d7d5ae040671324e 100644
--- a/pathvisio/pom.xml
+++ b/pathvisio/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>pathvisio</artifactId>
 	<name>Pathvisio plugin</name>
@@ -77,26 +77,26 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-graphics</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model-command</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2 -->
diff --git a/persist/pom.xml b/persist/pom.xml
index 6b03e628f0e487932f7a1aae5a86edb4652d581f..9c80eccff7d374bed99e6ccadb653622d3146da2 100644
--- a/persist/pom.xml
+++ b/persist/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>persist</artifactId>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- apache ftp -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b392470b2dfc05f12933a7deb9b9d2fbe85729c..12137adf8183615b2f5d12e694037ac170cbf683 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 	<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-	<version>16.2.8</version>
+	<version>16.2.9</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>parent MapViewer</name>
diff --git a/rest-api/pom.xml b/rest-api/pom.xml
index 32fea3b2796f7ccc7c240ebd05a5913f4aaec279..a37c9a36b7273fbf431b3cb531549fd1265f543d 100644
--- a/rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>rest-api</artifactId>
 	<name>rest-api</name>
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>service</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pathvisio</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/service/pom.xml b/service/pom.xml
index 5460f5dd8b284e7a9afe57d7a1a03a1ae37ab57a..4812d7eded0cba52db0e095114b61540b06b2ec5 100644
--- a/service/pom.xml
+++ b/service/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>service</artifactId>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the MapViewer dao -->
@@ -28,47 +28,47 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>persist</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model-command</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>annotation</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the MapViewer cell designer parser -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the MapViewer SBGN-ML parser -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-SBGNML</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the MapViewer graphics converter -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-graphics</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the SBML parser -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-sbml</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2 -->
diff --git a/web/pom.xml b/web/pom.xml
index d792b8fb3a04489259a1dc00fff9e1a66d7a2339..e27cbc3630e83d35a148baf6b7879bd9934a63d5 100644
--- a/web/pom.xml
+++ b/web/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>16.2.8</version>
+		<version>16.2.9</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>web</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>service</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>rest-api</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>frontend-js</artifactId>
-			<version>16.2.8</version>
+			<version>16.2.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>