diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9710bee..8b8cd6ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.hisp</groupId>
   <artifactId>dhis2-java-client</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.1.9</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>DHIS 2 API client for Java</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/Dhis2.java b/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/Dhis2.java
index 5e57e12c..f13836b2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/Dhis2.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/Dhis2.java
@@ -2409,7 +2409,7 @@ public EventResponse saveEvents(InputStream inputStream) {
 
     Dhis2AsyncRequest asyncRequest = new Dhis2AsyncRequest(config, httpClient, objectMapper);
 
-    return asyncRequest.post(request, EventResponse.class);
+    return asyncRequest.postEvent(request, EventResponse.class);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/Dhis2AsyncRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/Dhis2AsyncRequest.java
index 54c3bc61..529b2315 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/Dhis2AsyncRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/Dhis2AsyncRequest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils;
 import org.hisp.dhis.response.BaseHttpResponse;
 import org.hisp.dhis.response.Dhis2ClientException;
+import org.hisp.dhis.response.job.JobCategory;
 import org.hisp.dhis.response.job.JobInfo;
 import org.hisp.dhis.response.job.JobInfoResponse;
 import org.hisp.dhis.response.job.JobNotification;
@@ -89,11 +90,37 @@ public <T extends BaseHttpResponse> T post(HttpPost request, Class<T> klass) {
 
     JobInfo jobInfo = message.getResponse();
 
+    return getJobSummary(klass, message, jobInfo);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Executes the given HTTP POST request. The request must be a DHIS 2 async request. The method
+   * will use the DHIS 2 tasks and task summary API endpoints to poll for the task status, and
+   * eventually return a task summary when the task is complete. The DHIS 2 /tracker async response
+   * does not include the JobCategory. We need to inject it here.
+   *
+   * @param request the {@link HttpPost}.
+   * @param klass the class type.
+   * @param <T> the class type.
+   * @return a response message.
+   * @throws Dhis2ClientException if the POST operation failed.
+   */
+  public <T extends BaseHttpResponse> T postEvent(HttpPost request, Class<T> klass) {
+    JobInfoResponse message = postAsyncRequest(request);
+
+    JobInfo jobInfo = message.getResponse();
+
+    jobInfo.setJobType(JobCategory.TRACKER_IMPORT_JOB);
+
+    return getJobSummary(klass, message, jobInfo);
+  }
+
+  private <T extends BaseHttpResponse> T getJobSummary(Class<T> klass, JobInfoResponse message, JobInfo jobInfo) {
     log.info(
         "Push response: '{}', '{}', job: '{}'",
         message.getHttpStatus(),
         message.getMessage(),
-        jobInfo);
+            jobInfo);
 
     JobNotification notification = waitForCompletion(jobInfo);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/response/job/JobCategory.java b/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/response/job/JobCategory.java
index a15a16f2..6d8addf3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/response/job/JobCategory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/response/job/JobCategory.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public enum JobCategory {
   DATA_SYNC,
   PROGRAM_DATA_SYNC,
   TRACKER_PROGRAMS_DATA_SYNC,
+  TRACKER_IMPORT_JOB,
   EVENT_PROGRAMS_DATA_SYNC,
   FILE_RESOURCE_CLEANUP,
   IMAGE_PROCESSING,