diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b6448c3b897a..4621738893a9c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 # VERSION define is not used by the code.  It gets a version string
 # from 'git describe'; see src/ceph_ver.[ch]
 
-AC_INIT([ceph], [0.80.8], [ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org])
+AC_INIT([ceph], [0.80.9], [ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org])
 
 # Create release string.  Used with VERSION for RPMs.
 RPM_RELEASE=0
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7ec5ee2d7f9a9..cccb5fc95c9ed 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ceph (0.80.9-1) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release
+
+ -- Alfredo Deza <adeza@redhat.com>  Mon, 09 Mar 2015 10:42:08 -0700
+
 ceph (0.80.8-1) stable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release