diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e4968b1..e2baf49 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.9.9
+
+* Fix #253 by supporting non-sequential join expressions.
+
 ## 0.9.8
 
 * Fix #249 by adding `honeysql.format/*namespace-as-table?*` and `:namespace-as-table?` option to `format`. (@seancorfield)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3813de..3c6590f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@honeysql/honeysql",
-  "version": "0.9.8",
+  "version": "0.9.9",
   "license": "EPL-1.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/jkk/honeysql",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index d7b17c3..14ee017 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject honeysql "0.9.8"
+(defproject honeysql "0.9.9"
   :description "SQL as Clojure data structures"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
             :url "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}
diff --git a/src/honeysql/format.cljc b/src/honeysql/format.cljc
index f03801b..53eed4d 100644
--- a/src/honeysql/format.cljc
+++ b/src/honeysql/format.cljc
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
          (str (upper-case (name type)) " "))
        "JOIN " (to-sql table)
        (when pred
-         (if (= :using (first pred))
+         (if (and (sequential? pred) (= :using (first pred)))
            (str " USING (" (->> pred rest (map quote-identifier) comma-join) ")")
            (str " ON " (format-predicate* pred))))))
 
diff --git a/test/honeysql/format_test.cljc b/test/honeysql/format_test.cljc
index d2d4195..fa2d8eb 100644
--- a/test/honeysql/format_test.cljc
+++ b/test/honeysql/format_test.cljc
@@ -285,3 +285,10 @@
                                       (java.util.Locale/setDefault original-locale)))))]
        (is (= (format-with-locale "en")
               (format-with-locale "tr"))))))
+
+(deftest join-on-true-253
+  ;; used to work on honeysql 0.9.2; broke in 0.9.3
+  (is (= ["SELECT foo FROM bar INNER JOIN table t ON TRUE"]
+         (format {:select [:foo]
+                  :from [:bar]
+                  :join [[:table :t] true]}))))