diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 232de47..5307079 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ All variables which can be overridden are stored in [defaults/main.yml](defaults
 
 | Name                                             | Default Value                                                    | Description                                                                                                            |
 |--------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `promtail_version`                               | "2.8.4"                                                          | promtail package version. Also accepts *latest* as parameter.                                                          |
+| `promtail_version`                               | "2.9.0"                                                          | promtail package version. Also accepts *latest* as parameter.                                                          |
 | `promtail_custom_checksum`                       | ""                                                               | Custom checksum for custom build promtail binaries                                                                     |
 | `promtail_binary_local_dir`                      | ""                                                               | Allows to use local packages instead of ones distributed on github. As parameter it takes the path where zip archive of promtail is stored on host on which ansible is ran. |
 | `promtail_config_dir`                            | /etc/promtail                                                    | Directory for storing promtail configuration file                                                                      |
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 1c4017c..e601f1b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 promtail_apt_update_cache: True
-promtail_version: "2.8.4"
+promtail_version: "2.9.0"
 promtail_dist_url: "https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/download/v{{ promtail_version }}/promtail-linux-{{ go_arch }}.zip"
 promtail_custom_checksum: ""
 promtail_config_dir: /etc/promtail