diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 75e944000..62ffe0b41 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ checksum = "e78d4f1cc4ae33bbfc157ed5d5a5ef3bc29227303d595861deb238fcec4e9457"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "electrs"
-version = "0.9.0-rc2"
+version = "0.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bitcoin",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ff9e77501..a431b5a21 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "electrs"
-version = "0.9.0-rc2"
+version = "0.9.0"
 authors = ["Roman Zeyde <me@romanzey.de>"]
 description = "An efficient re-implementation of Electrum Server in Rust"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index fead9f199..685309caf 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 0.9.0 (TBD)
+# 0.9.0 (Sep 30 2021)
 
 **IMPORTANT: This release contains major changes, please read carefully!**