2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 83f56c3a..13047549 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pull request numbers to the requests at
 
 Version 2.9.0
 -------------
-(not released yet)
+(released May 3rd, 2021)
 
 - Added lexers:
 
diff --git a/pygments/__init__.py b/pygments/__init__.py
index 199ce1bd..d7e892c3 100644
--- a/pygments/__init__.py
+++ b/pygments/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import sys
 from io import StringIO, BytesIO
 
-__version__ = '2.8.0'
+__version__ = '2.9.0'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
 
 __all__ = ['lex', 'format', 'highlight']