diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37e5e57..916c4ed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Development
+0.9.0
   - use go-eth2-client for all beacon node communications
   - beacon block proposal strategy now scales per-node scores based on the distance between the slot and its parent
   - add a default process concurrency for strategies
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a169100..c37e3f0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ReleaseVersion is the release version for the code.
-var ReleaseVersion = "0.6.2"
+var ReleaseVersion = "0.9.0"
 
 func main() {
 	os.Exit(main2())