diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 297dc1f..ce1ce3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+v1.9.0 - 2018-05-01
+-------------------
+
 v1.8.1 - 2018-04-14
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/source/dub/version_.d b/source/dub/version_.d
index 24a72ab..e58c2ec 100644
--- a/source/dub/version_.d
+++ b/source/dub/version_.d
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 module dub.version_;
-enum dubVersion = "v1.8.1";
+enum dubVersion = "v1.9.0-rc.1";