diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: labelled
 Type: Package
 Title: Manipulating Labelled Data
-Version: 2.8.0.9000
+Version: 2.9.0
 Maintainer: Joseph Larmarange <joseph@larmarange.net>
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Joseph", "Larmarange", email = "joseph@larmarange.net", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-7097-700X")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# labelled (development version)
+# labelled 2.9.0
 
 **look_for() improvements:**