diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -99,3 +99,4 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 *.lnk
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/windows
 .vscode
+cran-comments.md
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: mlr3data
 Title: Collection of Machine Learning Data Sets for 'mlr3'
-Version: 0.8.0.9000
+Version: 0.9.0
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Michel",
              family = "Lang",
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# mlr3data (development version)
+# mlr3data 0.9.0
 
 * Readd `ames_housing` data set.