diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 29a764eab9..63ef926b32 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.9.0
+
+### Various fixes & improvements
+
+- ref(transport): Improve event data category typing (#3243) by @szokeasaurusrex
+- ref(tracing): Improved handling of span status (#3261) by @antonpirker
+- test(client): Add tests for dropped span client reports (#3244) by @szokeasaurusrex
+- test(transport): Test new client report features (#3244) by @szokeasaurusrex
+- feat(tracing): Record lost spans in client reports (#3244) by @szokeasaurusrex
+- test(sampling): Replace custom logic with `capture_record_lost_event_calls` (#3257) by @szokeasaurusrex
+- test(transport): Non-order-dependent discarded events assertion (#3255) by @szokeasaurusrex
+- test(core): Introduce `capture_record_lost_event_calls` fixture (#3254) by @szokeasaurusrex
+- test(core): Fix non-idempotent test (#3253) by @szokeasaurusrex
+
 ## 2.8.0
 
 ### Various fixes & improvements
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 22849777d1..c63bee4665 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 copyright = "2019-{}, Sentry Team and Contributors".format(datetime.now().year)
 author = "Sentry Team and Contributors"
 
-release = "2.8.0"
+release = "2.9.0"
 version = ".".join(release.split(".")[:2])  # The short X.Y version.
 
 
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/consts.py b/sentry_sdk/consts.py
index 2c8300373d..54de9d97e2 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/consts.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/consts.py
@@ -555,4 +555,4 @@ def _get_default_options():
 del _get_default_options
 
 
-VERSION = "2.8.0"
+VERSION = "2.9.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0e486d52fa..0d412627b5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def get_file_text(file_name):
 
 setup(
     name="sentry-sdk",
-    version="2.8.0",
+    version="2.9.0",
     author="Sentry Team and Contributors",
     author_email="hello@sentry.io",
     url="https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python",