diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0382299..f2b6008 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 buildscript {
 
     ext {
-        es_version = System.getProperty("es.version", "7.7.0")
+        es_version = System.getProperty("es.version", "7.8.0")
     }
     // This isn't applying from repositories.gradle so repeating it here
     repositories {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ node {
 }
 
 ext {
-    opendistroVersion = '1.8.0'
+    opendistroVersion = '1.9.0'
     isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
     isLinux = "true" == System.getProperty("build.linux", "false")
     isMacOS = "true" == System.getProperty("build.macos", "false")
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ test {
     enabled = false
 }
 licenseHeaders.enabled = false
+validateNebulaPom.enabled = false
 
 task npmRunBuild(type: NpmTask, dependsOn: 'npmInstall') {
     if (isLinux) {
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index fd0c5a3..186b715 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.4-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3e23f6c..f8fbb24 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@aws/opendistro-for-elasticsearch-perftop",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8cb6382..22d589b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@aws/opendistro-for-elasticsearch-perftop",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "PerfTop CLI tool for Open Distro Performance Analyzer",
   "author": "Amazon Web Services",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/release-notes/opendistro-for-elasticsearch.perftop.release-notes-1.8.0.md b/release-notes/opendistro-for-elasticsearch.perftop.release-notes-1.8.0.md
index 5e56914..15f7fe4 100644
--- a/release-notes/opendistro-for-elasticsearch.perftop.release-notes-1.8.0.md
+++ b/release-notes/opendistro-for-elasticsearch.perftop.release-notes-1.8.0.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Version 1.8.0 (Current)
+## Version 1.8.0
 
 This is release of the Open Distro PerfTop, which is compatible with Open Distro Performance Analyzer 1.8.
 
diff --git a/release-notes/opendistro-for-elasticsearch.perftop.release-notes-1.9.0.md b/release-notes/opendistro-for-elasticsearch.perftop.release-notes-1.9.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23d0b3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/opendistro-for-elasticsearch.perftop.release-notes-1.9.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Version 1.9.0 (Current)
+
+This is release of the Open Distro PerfTop, which is compatible with Open Distro Performance Analyzer 1.9.
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