From 619c5f172044a89c121e15ba6f772ea5e71e7c9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mutahhir Hayat <mutahhir.hayat@hashicorp.com>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 14:38:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] version: Prepare for 1.9.0-alpha20240516 release

---
 CHANGELOG.md    | 2 +-
 version/VERSION | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a5903f04a7d..05a9ae048985 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 1.9.0 (Unreleased)
+## 1.9.0-alpha20240516 (May 16, 2024)
 
 ENHANCEMENTS:
 
diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
index 27167ba29c9f..40bc69b4de55 100644
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.9.0-alpha
+1.9.0-alpha20240516