diff --git a/actix-web/CHANGES.md b/actix-web/CHANGES.md
index d26859a36cb..588320f4d3d 100644
--- a/actix-web/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-web/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 4.9.0
+
 ### Added
 
 - Add `middleware::from_fn()` helper.
diff --git a/actix-web/Cargo.toml b/actix-web/Cargo.toml
index f27a5a5b628..1e69973d0df 100644
--- a/actix-web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-web"
-version = "4.8.0"
+version = "4.9.0"
 description = "Actix Web is a powerful, pragmatic, and extremely fast web framework for Rust"
 authors = [
     "Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/actix-web/README.md b/actix-web/README.md
index d30d945a400..e5e412c8577 100644
--- a/actix-web/README.md
+++ b/actix-web/README.md
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 <!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
 
 [![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/actix-web?label=latest)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-web)
-[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web/badge.svg?version=4.8.0)](https://docs.rs/actix-web/4.8.0)
+[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web/badge.svg?version=4.9.0)](https://docs.rs/actix-web/4.9.0)
 ![MSRV](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.72+-ab6000.svg)
 ![MIT or Apache 2.0 licensed](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/actix-web.svg)
-[![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.8.0/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.8.0)
+[![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.9.0/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.9.0)
 <br />
 [![CI](https://github.com/actix/actix-web/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/actix/actix-web/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web)