diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index f05842c..53196c9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+Version 0.9.0
+    - No modifications, release bumped to match the latest release of liboqs
+
 Version 0.8.0 - July 5, 2023
     - This is a maintenance release, minor fixes
+    - Minimalistic Docker support
     - Removed AppVeyor and CircleCI, all continuous integration is now done
       via GitHub actions
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f264b61..56e43c3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
-set(LIBOQS_CPP_VERSION_NUM 0.8.0)
+set(LIBOQS_CPP_VERSION_NUM 0.9.0)
 set(LIBOQS_CPP_VERSION_STR "${LIBOQS_CPP_VERSION_NUM}")
 project(liboqs-cpp VERSION ${LIBOQS_CPP_VERSION_NUM} LANGUAGES CXX)
 
diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index cc20303..c8accb3 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = liboqs-cpp
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.8.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.9.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 57c5152..1082656 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# liboqs-cpp version 0.8.0
+# liboqs-cpp version 0.9.0
 
 ---
 
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ See in particular limitations on intended use.
 
 ## Release notes
 
-This release of liboqs-cpp was released on July 5, 2023. Its release page
-on GitHub is https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-cpp/releases/tag/0.8.0.
+This release of liboqs-cpp was released on October 30, 2023. Its release page
+on GitHub is https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-cpp/releases/tag/0.9.0.
 
 ---
 
 ## What's New
 
-This is the 11th release of liboqs-cpp. For a list of changes
+This is the 12th release of liboqs-cpp. For a list of changes
 see [CHANGES.txt](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-cpp/blob/main/CHANGES.txt).