diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 22f73a681..95e4a89e1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 For a list of open issues and known problems, see:
 https://github.com/radical-cybertools/radical.saga/issues
 
+1.90.0 Release                                                        2024-12-16
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  - remove MacOS support
+
+
 1.81.0 Release                                                        2024-09-03
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -1229,3 +1235,5 @@ Version 0.1.7 released 2011-11-09
 
   - (HEAD -> master, origin/devel, origin/HEAD, devel) devel version bump
   - (HEAD -> master, origin/devel, origin/HEAD, devel) devel version bump
+  - devel version bump
+  - no macos
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 71fae54fb..82e24bf24 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.82.0
+1.90.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2b4db500f..b5141bb3b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 
-radical.utils>=1.80,<1.90
+radical.utils>=1.90,<1.100
 parse