diff --git a/ssz-rs-derive/Cargo.toml b/ssz-rs-derive/Cargo.toml
index d5907ff3..774e9bdb 100644
--- a/ssz-rs-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ssz-rs-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 [package]
 name = "ssz_rs_derive"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 authors = ["Alex Stokes <r.alex.stokes@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+readme = "./README.md"
 description = "utility crate for deriving simple serialize implementations"
 repository = "https://github.com/ralexstokes/ssz-rs"
 
diff --git a/ssz-rs-derive/README.md b/ssz-rs-derive/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c11045a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssz-rs-derive/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# ssz_rs_derive
+
+A proc macro that derives the `SimpleSerialize` trait.
diff --git a/ssz-rs/Cargo.toml b/ssz-rs/Cargo.toml
index 654cf907..bc6555aa 100644
--- a/ssz-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ssz-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ssz_rs"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 authors = ["Alex Stokes <r.alex.stokes@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ serde = ["dep:serde", "hex"]
 
 [dependencies]
 bitvec = { version = "1.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
-ssz_rs_derive = { path = "../ssz-rs-derive", version = "0.8.0" }
+ssz_rs_derive = { path = "../ssz-rs-derive", version = "0.9.0" }
 sha2 = { version ="0.9.8", default-features = false}
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "derive"], optional = true }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"], optional = true }