diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.adoc b/RELEASENOTES.adoc
index b680bbf5..49ee8841 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.adoc
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.adoc
@@ -63,4 +63,8 @@
 
 == Version 0.8.0
 * Enhancement #26 and #27: Added a pre-process hook to modify a Swagger Model before it is converted.
-* Bugfix #29: Tags are rendered twice
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+* Bugfix #29: Tags are rendered twice
+
+=== Version 0.9.0
+* Updated swagger-parser from v1.0.8 to v1.0.13
+* Support for global responses and parameters
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diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6cf13eda..41fcb5f5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 }
 description = 'swagger2markup Build'
-version = '0.8.0'
+version = '0.9.0'
 group = 'io.github.robwin'
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies {
 dependencyManagement {
     dependencies {
         dependency "io.github.robwin:markup-document-builder:0.1.4"
-        dependency "io.swagger:swagger-compat-spec-parser:1.0.8"
+        dependency "io.swagger:swagger-compat-spec-parser:1.0.13"
         dependency "commons-collections:commons-collections:3.2.1"
         dependency "commons-io:commons-io:2.4"
         dependency "junit:junit:4.11"
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/robwin/swagger2markup/Swagger2MarkupConverter.java b/src/main/java/io/github/robwin/swagger2markup/Swagger2MarkupConverter.java
index 15e0bbd7..274b8ae8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/robwin/swagger2markup/Swagger2MarkupConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/robwin/swagger2markup/Swagger2MarkupConverter.java
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ package io.github.robwin.swagger2markup;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import io.github.robwin.markup.builder.MarkupLanguage;
-import io.github.robwin.swagger2markup.builder.document.DefinitionsDocument;
-import io.github.robwin.swagger2markup.builder.document.OverviewDocument;
-import io.github.robwin.swagger2markup.builder.document.PathsDocument;
+import io.github.robwin.swagger2markup.builder.document.*;
 import io.github.robwin.swagger2markup.utils.Consumer;
 import io.swagger.models.Swagger;
 import io.swagger.parser.SwaggerParser;
@@ -156,8 +154,8 @@ public class Swagger2MarkupConverter {
      * @return a the document as a String
      */
     private String buildDocuments() throws IOException {
-        return new OverviewDocument(swagger, markupLanguage).build().toString().concat(
-                new PathsDocument(swagger, markupLanguage, examplesFolderPath, schemasFolderPath).build().toString()
+        return new OverviewDocument(swagger, markupLanguage).build().toString()
+                .concat(new PathsDocument(swagger, markupLanguage, examplesFolderPath, schemasFolderPath).build().toString()
                 .concat(new DefinitionsDocument(swagger, markupLanguage, schemasFolderPath, schemasFolderPath, false, null).build().toString()));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/json/swagger.json b/src/test/resources/json/swagger.json
index 49a29d86..3bd6f8fc 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/json/swagger.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/json/swagger.json
@@ -134,13 +134,7 @@
                 ],
                 "responses": {
                     "200": {
-                        "description": "successful operation",
-                        "schema": {
-                            "type": "array",
-                            "items": {
-                                "$ref": "#/definitions/Pet"
-                            }
-                        }
+                        "$ref": "#/responses/FoundPets"
                     },
                     "400": {
                         "description": "Invalid status value"
@@ -183,13 +177,7 @@
                 ],
                 "responses": {
                     "200": {
-                        "description": "successful operation",
-                        "schema": {
-                            "type": "array",
-                            "items": {
-                                "$ref": "#/definitions/Pet"
-                            }
-                        }
+                        "$ref": "#/responses/FoundPets"
                     },
                     "400": {
                         "description": "Invalid tag value"
@@ -219,12 +207,7 @@
                 ],
                 "parameters": [
                     {
-                        "in": "path",
-                        "name": "petId",
-                        "description": "ID of pet that needs to be fetched",
-                        "required": true,
-                        "type": "integer",
-                        "format": "int64"
+                        "$ref": "#/parameters/petId"
                     }
                 ],
                 "responses": {
@@ -729,6 +712,27 @@
             }
         }
     },
+    "responses":{
+        "FoundPets": {
+            "description": "successful operation",
+            "schema": {
+                "type": "array",
+                "items": {
+                    "$ref": "#/definitions/Pet"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "parameters":{
+        "petId": {
+            "in": "path",
+            "name": "petId",
+            "description": "ID of the pet",
+            "required": true,
+            "type": "integer",
+            "format": "int64"
+        }
+    },
     "definitions": {
         "Identified": {
             "properties": {
@@ -767,6 +771,13 @@
                             "type": "integer",
                             "format": "int32",
                             "description": "User Status"
+                        },
+                        "pictures": {
+                            "type": "array",
+                            "items": {
+                                "type": "string",
+                                "format": "byte"
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }