diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 825cd274..d2bbdd91 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 Release History
 ---------------
 
-dev (XXXX)
-++++++++++
+2.9.0 (2015-12-15)
+++++++++++++++++++
 
 **Minor Improvements** (Backwards compatible)
 
diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index f7924dc8..35987f95 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ is at <http://python-requests.org>.
 """
 
 __title__ = 'requests'
-__version__ = '2.8.1'
-__build__ = 0x020801
+__version__ = '2.9.0'
+__build__ = 0x020900
 __author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
 __license__ = 'Apache 2.0'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2015 Kenneth Reitz'