diff --git a/Makefile-libostree.am b/Makefile-libostree.am
index 46f0999b6b..b80be2e9f0 100644
--- a/Makefile-libostree.am
+++ b/Makefile-libostree.am
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ symbol_files = $(top_srcdir)/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
 
 # Uncomment this include when adding new development symbols.
 if BUILDOPT_IS_DEVEL_BUILD
-symbol_files += $(top_srcdir)/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
+#symbol_files += $(top_srcdir)/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
 endif
 
 # http://blog.jgc.org/2007/06/escaping-comma-and-space-in-gnu-make.html
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4e83a4648e..21315ae986 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
 dnl To perform a release, follow the instructions in `docs/CONTRIBUTING.md`.
 m4_define([year_version], [2023])
-m4_define([release_version], [8])
+m4_define([release_version], [9])
 m4_define([package_version], [year_version.release_version])
 AC_INIT([libostree], [package_version], [walters@verbum.org])
 is_release_build=no
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
index a221f08bc0..6640e11c78 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@
    - uncomment the include in Makefile-libostree.am
 */
 
-LIBOSTREE_2023.8 {
-global:
-  ostree_sysroot_update_post_copy;
-  ostree_deployment_is_finalization_locked;
-  ostree_sysroot_change_finalization;
-} LIBOSTREE_2023.4;
-
 /* Stub section for the stable release *after* this development one; don't
  * edit this other than to update the year.  This is just a copy/paste
  * source.  Replace $LASTSTABLE with the last stable version, and $NEWVERSION
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
index 06cfc154cb..2729d51776 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
@@ -706,6 +706,13 @@ global:
   ostree_repo_commit_add_composefs_metadata;
 } LIBOSTREE_2023.1;
 
+LIBOSTREE_2023.8 {
+global:
+  ostree_sysroot_update_post_copy;
+  ostree_deployment_is_finalization_locked;
+  ostree_sysroot_change_finalization;
+} LIBOSTREE_2023.4;
+
 /* NOTE: Only add more content here in release commits!  See the
  * comments at the top of this file.
  */
diff --git a/tests/test-symbols.sh b/tests/test-symbols.sh
index f9b8f81e39..574abc7a5b 100755
--- a/tests/test-symbols.sh
+++ b/tests/test-symbols.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ echo 'ok documented symbols'
 
 # ONLY update this checksum in release commits!
 cat > released-sha256.txt <<EOF
-d47eb3e860d729d9789f1f76b6e02673c72bcd99a2fd48f5b1b36910d34ddd76  ${released_syms}
+b42b9f10de219a35ce645215ac32d3dfb8467c6d9ac63ef9caeef00f12669ea7  ${released_syms}
 EOF
 sha256sum -c released-sha256.txt