diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
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--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This document describes changes between past releases. For information about
 future releases, check `milestones`_ and :doc:`/about/vision`.
 
 
-1.9 (unreleased)
+1.9 (2016-03-15)
 ----------------
 
 - Feature #112 - Introduced support of Django 1.9.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dcc08e3..2e0e38c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.9.dev0
+1.9