diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c83e0d4..0225d41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-* Fix source installation problem caused by removed debugpy 1.8.3 package (#188)
+## qiskit-aqt-provider v1.9.0
+
+* Fix source installation problem caused by removed `debugpy` 1.8.3 package (#188)
 * User guide: add section on direct-access resources (#191)
 * Split Qiskit-agnostic client resources to separate sub-package (#198)
 * Allow using `numpy` v2 (#199)
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 7967748..198d402 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 author = "Qiskit and AQT development teams"
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = "1.8.1"
+version = "1.9.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "1.8.1"
+release = "1.9.0"
 
 extensions = [
     "sphinx.ext.napoleon",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e7ebdf5..f886427 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires = [
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "qiskit-aqt-provider"
-version = "1.8.1"
+version = "1.9.0"
 description = "Qiskit provider for AQT backends"
 authors = [
   "Qiskit Development Team",