diff --git a/CrosserVersion b/CrosserVersion
index 0bbe3060..a31ce43d 100644
--- a/CrosserVersion
+++ b/CrosserVersion
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Last line of this file must contain version string for Crosser, and nothing else.
 
-2.8.50
+2.9
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 9fd94d4c..18889bf0 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.9
+2.9 (04-Sep-24)
 	- Dropped illegal linker parameter from ImageMagick config
 	- Container updated to Ubuntu Noble (24.04 LTS)
 	- Added wavpack (version 5.7.0) to build