diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dd482c4..7b46047 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2.0.9 (April 2024)
+==================
+   * fix a bug with CardRequestTimeoutException introduced in 2.0.8
+   * Minor changes
+
 2.0.8 (march 2024)
 ==================
    * Make CardMonitor() thread safe on Python 3.12
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ad8a49f..b9dcb64 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     except:
         platform_include_dirs = ['/usr/include/PCSC', '/usr/local/include/PCSC']
 
-VERSION_INFO = (2, 0, 8, 0)
+VERSION_INFO = (2, 0, 9, 0)
 VERSION_STR = '%i.%i.%i' % VERSION_INFO[:3]
 VERSION_ALT = '%i,%01i,%01i,%04i' % VERSION_INFO
 
diff --git a/smartcard/doc/conf.py b/smartcard/doc/conf.py
index 6213cb7..27ec79e 100644
--- a/smartcard/doc/conf.py
+++ b/smartcard/doc/conf.py
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.0.8'
+version = '2.0.9'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.0.8'
+release = '2.0.9'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.