diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 329bdbe6..d9cf4f6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
+
 ## Unreleased
+...
+### Features
+...
+### Fixes
+...
+### Deprecations
+...
+### Breaking Changes
+...
+
+## 9.0.0
 
 ### Features
 - Introduce `Benchmark` and `StudioBenchmark`
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7ee2ba39..d89e54ab 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "intelligence-layer"
-version = "8.0.0"
+version = "9.0.0"
 description = ""
 authors = ["Aleph Alpha Engineering <engineering@aleph-alpha.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"