diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a8cd8613..fcd0247e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
 # Changes
+## Version 2.9.0 - 2024-01-25
+### New Features
+    - Add named ctors for scalar and null dataspaces. (#899)
+    - Named ctor for empty property lists. (#904)
+
+### Improvements
+    - Enable running tests in parallel. (#849)
+    - Wrap all used HDF5 function calls and always check status codes. (#863)
+    - Utilities for writing tests in a container independent manner. (#871)
+    - Improve test rigour.
+
+### Bug Fix
+    - Log messages were slightly misformatted. (#854)
+    - Fix bug in `enforce_ascii_hack`. (#856)
+    - Fix `create_datatype<bool>()`. (#869)
+    - Guard functionality introduced in 1.10.0. (#905)
+    - `inspector` guard for empty containers. (#913)
+    - Avoid non-collective behaviour. (#912)
+
+
 ## Version 2.8.0 - 2023-11-02
 ### Important Change
     - `Eigen::Matrix` is (by default) stored with column-major index ordering. Under
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d592f2d66..694960090 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ else()
   cmake_policy(VERSION 3.13)
 endif()
 
-project(HighFive VERSION 2.8.0)
+project(HighFive VERSION 2.9.0)
 
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/highfive/H5Version.hpp.in
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/highfive/H5Version.hpp)
diff --git a/include/highfive/H5Version.hpp b/include/highfive/H5Version.hpp
index dc238432c..bca2c3a83 100644
--- a/include/highfive/H5Version.hpp
+++ b/include/highfive/H5Version.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #define HIGHFIVE_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define HIGHFIVE_VERSION_MINOR 8
+#define HIGHFIVE_VERSION_MINOR 9
 #define HIGHFIVE_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 /** \brief Concatenated representation of the HighFive version.
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
  *  std::cout << STRINGIFY_VALUE(HIGHFIVE_VERSION) << "\n";
  *  \endcode
  */
-#define HIGHFIVE_VERSION 2.8.0
+#define HIGHFIVE_VERSION 2.9.0
 
 /** \brief String representation of the HighFive version.
  *
  *  \warning This macro only exists from 2.7.1 onwards.
  */
-#define HIGHFIVE_VERSION_STRING "2.8.0"
+#define HIGHFIVE_VERSION_STRING "2.9.0"