diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b570c41..318a4b3d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Mechanize CHANGELOG
 
-## next / unreleased
+## 2.9.0 / 2023-04-07
 
 ### Requirements
 
diff --git a/lib/mechanize/version.rb b/lib/mechanize/version.rb
index 60a7e6e9..1fa6c789 100644
--- a/lib/mechanize/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mechanize/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 class Mechanize
-  VERSION = "2.8.5"
+  VERSION = "2.9.0"
 end