diff --git a/docs/source/docs/release_notes.rst b/docs/source/docs/release_notes.rst
index 4b7e4097f9..cf9cdb0309 100644
--- a/docs/source/docs/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/source/docs/release_notes.rst
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@ v1.9.0 (2024 Q3)
 
 New features
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
 - Add a new CLI command: datum format
+- Support language dataset for DmTorchDataset
 
 Enhancements
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
 - Change _Shape to Shape and add comments for subclasses of Shape
 
+Bug fixes
+^^^^^^^^^
+- Fix KITTI-3D importer and exporter
+
 v1.8.0 (2024 Q3)
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/src/datumaro/version.py b/src/datumaro/version.py
index b3de187d2e..0a0a43a57e 100644
--- a/src/datumaro/version.py
+++ b/src/datumaro/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.9.0rc0"
+__version__ = "1.9.0"