diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 78dbd0d..c52e76f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-0.9 (unreleased)
+0.9 (2016-07-03)
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-- No changes yet.
+- Fix compatibility with Python 3.5. [#207]
 
 0.8 (2016-05-24)
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b2d2e2..8838d99 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 builtins._ASTROPY_PACKAGE_NAME_ = PACKAGENAME
 
 # VERSION should be PEP386 compatible (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0386)
-VERSION = '0.9.dev0'
+VERSION = '0.9'
 
 # Indicates if this version is a release version
 RELEASE = 'dev' not in VERSION