diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 33911922..16657895 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.9.0] - 2020-02-15
+
 ### Added
 
  - Support `position_ms` optional parameter in `start_playback`
  - Add `requests_timeout` parameter to authentication methods
+ - Make cache optional in `get_access_token`
 
 ## [2.8.0] - 2020-02-12
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3af24c2..f261a973 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Add your new ID and SECRET to your environment:
     export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID=client_id_here
     export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET=client_secret_here
 
-    // on Windows, use `SET` instead of `export`).
+    // on Windows, use `SET` instead of `export`
 
 Then, create a Spotify object and call methods:
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 702d9d61..dc73dd33 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='spotipy',
-    version='2.8.0',
+    version='2.9.0',
     description='A light weight Python library for the Spotify Web API',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",