diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index f1b7c6b..c79632c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changelog for package rcpputils
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Forthcoming
------------
+2.9.0 (2023-12-26)
+------------------
 * Switch to using target_link_libraries. (`#183 <https://github.com/ros2/rcpputils/issues/183>`_)
 * Contributors: Chris Lalancette
 
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 6a2f2ac..daaa0a8 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>rcpputils</name>
-  <version>2.8.1</version>
+  <version>2.9.0</version>
   <description>Package containing utility code for C++.</description>
 
   <maintainer email="brandon@openrobotics.org">Brandon Ong</maintainer>