diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 64f3cdd..76d5538 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.8.0"
+  ".": "0.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d818e31..7cd6cdc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.9.0](https://github.com/rtk-ai/vox/compare/v0.8.0...v0.9.0) (2026-03-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add lazy daemon mode and streaming voxtream-server integration ([#36](https://github.com/rtk-ai/vox/issues/36)) ([47a7609](https://github.com/rtk-ai/vox/commit/47a7609ab22e9f6c716de312e0f27181920dc3e8)), closes [#30](https://github.com/rtk-ai/vox/issues/30)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* auto-fix for issue [#33](https://github.com/rtk-ai/vox/issues/33) [wshm] ([#34](https://github.com/rtk-ai/vox/issues/34)) ([bcf0e25](https://github.com/rtk-ai/vox/commit/bcf0e25425dc9f7c58200f300501aad914adbf79))
+
 ## [0.8.0](https://github.com/rtk-ai/vox/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2026-03-18)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 654fbdf..0d1e805 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4062,7 +4062,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vox"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 42d287a..b3d0418 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vox"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "Cross-platform TTS CLI — local voice synthesis with Qwen and system say"
 license = "LicenseRef-Proprietary"