diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 51cd395..2f6f9ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.9.0 (2026-09-25)
 
 ### Precision
 
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 995baa9..02e0651 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ the directory of the checked file; a path outside it is printed as it is.
 ```json
 {
   "schema_version": 1,
-  "tool": {"name": "coretrace-python-analyzer", "version": "0.8.0"},
+  "tool": {"name": "coretrace-python-analyzer", "version": "0.9.0"},
   "root": "/home/me/project",
   "findings": [
     {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8f591a1..55be42b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "coretrace-python-analyzer"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 description = "Static security analysis infrastructure for Python code"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
diff --git a/src/coretrace_python/__init__.py b/src/coretrace_python/__init__.py
index 399b938..a640ee0 100644
--- a/src/coretrace_python/__init__.py
+++ b/src/coretrace_python/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 """CoreTrace's Python static analysis frontend."""
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.9.0"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_release.py b/tests/test_release.py
index 61e50c3..c14db8e 100644
--- a/tests/test_release.py
+++ b/tests/test_release.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def require_changelog() -> None:
 def test_the_version_is_declared_once_and_mirrored() -> None:
     project = tomllib.loads((REPO / "pyproject.toml").read_text(encoding="utf-8"))["project"]
 
-    assert project["version"] == coretrace_python.__version__ == "0.8.0"
+    assert project["version"] == coretrace_python.__version__ == "0.9.0"
 
 
 def test_the_changelog_starts_with_the_current_version() -> None: