diff --git a/fiona/__init__.py b/fiona/__init__.py
index 8f58ae4c..4c24ad9f 100644
--- a/fiona/__init__.py
+++ b/fiona/__init__.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class Path:
     "prop_type",
     "prop_width",
 ]
-__version__ = "1.9b2dev"
+__version__ = "1.9b2"
 __gdal_version__ = get_gdal_release_name()
 
 gdal_version = get_gdal_version_tuple()