diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 78f9f0b8..c7d98c7f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# Unreleased
+# 2.9.0 (2022-05-09)
+- [UPGRADED] `@ibm-cloud/cloudant` dependency to version `0.1.2`.
 - [NOTE] Updated minimum supported engine to Node.js 14 `fermium` LTS.
 
 # 2.8.3 (2022-04-05)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 05c85ceb..81cb9c35 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cloudant/couchbackup",
-  "version": "2.8.4-SNAPSHOT",
+  "version": "2.9.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7fc73ca1..5dbfc36f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cloudant/couchbackup",
-  "version": "2.8.4-SNAPSHOT",
+  "version": "2.9.0",
   "description": "CouchBackup - command-line backup utility for Cloudant/CouchDB",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/cloudant/couchbackup",
   "repository": "https://github.com/cloudant/couchbackup.git",