diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 4cb7da09..6aa38dd3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-0.9.0 (????-??-??)
+0.9.0 (2023-12-04)
 ==================
 
 New features:
 
-* Include `kafka-python` into `aiokafka`'s code base
-* Replace `python-snappy` and `zstandard` with `cramjam`
+* Include `kafka-python` into `aiokafka`'s code base (issue #928 and others)
+* Replace `python-snappy` and `zstandard` with `cramjam` (issue #930)
 * PEP518 compliant `pyproject.toml`
 * Python 3.12 support
 
diff --git a/aiokafka/__init__.py b/aiokafka/__init__.py
index e9d4706b..f52523b7 100644
--- a/aiokafka/__init__.py
+++ b/aiokafka/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.9.0.rc1'  # noqa
+__version__ = '0.9.0'  # noqa
 
 from .abc import ConsumerRebalanceListener
 from .client import AIOKafkaClient