diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index fe4686b4..cb279b8f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 Release $next
 =============
 
+Release 1.9.0 (2017-06-19)
+==========================
+
+* Beaker now provides builtin ``ext:mongodb`` and ``ext:redis`` namespace managers.
+  Both come with a Synchronizer implemented on the storage backend instead of relying on file one.
+* Fixed an issue where cookie options like ``Secure``, ``Domain`` and so on where lost.
+* Improved support for cache entries expiration. NamespaceManagers that support it will expire their key automatically.
+* Pycryptodome can be used instead of pycrypto.
+* An issue with ``Cookie`` module import on case insensitive file systems should have been resolved.
+* Cryptography module is now as a crypto function provider instead of pycrypto
 
 Release 1.8.1 (2016-10-24)
 ==========================
diff --git a/beaker/__init__.py b/beaker/__init__.py
index e8b6b090..e5102d30 100644
--- a/beaker/__init__.py
+++ b/beaker/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.8.1'
+__version__ = '1.9.0'
diff --git a/beaker/docs/conf.py b/beaker/docs/conf.py
index ebf4fbbf..1f2ede0f 100644
--- a/beaker/docs/conf.py
+++ b/beaker/docs/conf.py
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.8'
+version = '1.9'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.8.1'
+release = '1.9.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.