diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d2037fbaa1..7d5769401a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 1.9.0.rc1 / 2018-12-10
+# 1.9.0 / 2018-12-17
 
 ## Security Notes
 
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/version.rb b/lib/nokogiri/version.rb
index d421318ebe..14fa5df62e 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/version.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/version.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Nokogiri
   # The version of Nokogiri you are using
-  VERSION = '1.9.0.rc1'
+  VERSION = '1.9.0'
 
   class VersionInfo # :nodoc:
     def jruby?