diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 220a94d..2e16550 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ History
 =======
 
 
+0.9.0
+-----
+
+* smaller data files (especially for fi, la, pl, pt, sk & tr, #19)
+* added support for Asturian (``ast``, #20)
+* bug fixes (#18, #26)
+
+
 0.8.2
 -----
 
diff --git a/simplemma/__init__.py b/simplemma/__init__.py
index 34b28b6..f7f8232 100644
--- a/simplemma/__init__.py
+++ b/simplemma/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 __author__ = "Adrien Barbaresi"
 __email__ = "barbaresi@bbaw.de"
 __license__ = "MIT"
-__version__ = "0.8.2"
+__version__ = "0.9.0"
 
 
 from .langdetect import in_target_language, lang_detector