diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 892d31c..f9c5e30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## v1.?.? - 2024-??-?? - ???
+## v1.9.0 - 2024-06-20 - Grab bag
 
 * ICMP & UDP healthcheck protocol support added
 * Improved handling of present, but empty/None config file values.
diff --git a/octodns/__init__.py b/octodns/__init__.py
index 7936018..939101c 100644
--- a/octodns/__init__.py
+++ b/octodns/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 'OctoDNS: DNS as code - Tools for managing DNS across multiple providers'
 
 # TODO: remove __VERSION__ w/2.x
-__version__ = __VERSION__ = '1.8.0'
+__version__ = __VERSION__ = '1.9.0'