diff --git a/rascal-lsp/pom.xml b/rascal-lsp/pom.xml
index ca3e5a55..7b0653c8 100644
--- a/rascal-lsp/pom.xml
+++ b/rascal-lsp/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
   <artifactId>rascal-lsp</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.9.0</version>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <junit.version>5.9.0</junit.version>
diff --git a/rascal-vscode-extension/package.json b/rascal-vscode-extension/package.json
index ce21300c..63f8673e 100644
--- a/rascal-vscode-extension/package.json
+++ b/rascal-vscode-extension/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "source code analysis"
   ],
   "icon": "assets/images/rascal-logo.png",
-  "version": "0.4.1-head",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "engines": {
     "vscode": "^1.67.0"
   },