diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 62bed24..34756a4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Smithy VSCode Extension Changelog
 
+## 0.9.1 (2025-10-13)
+
+- Fixed bug where language server could not load [#115](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy-vscode/pull/114)
+
 ## 0.9.0 (2025-04-16)
 
 - Added setting to run the smithy-language-server using a specific executable [#106](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy-vscode/pull/106)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b2cec6..f3a4ef7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "smithy-vscode-extension",
     "displayName": "Smithy",
     "description": "Smithy IDL Language Extension",
-    "version": "0.9.0",
+    "version": "0.9.1",
     "icon": "images/smithy_anvil_red.png",
     "publisher": "smithy",
     "engines": {
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
                 },
                 "smithy.server.version": {
                     "type": "string",
-                    "default": "0.7.0",
+                    "default": "0.8.0",
                     "description": "Version of smithy-language-server to use. Ignored if smithy.server.executable is provided."
                 },
                 "smithy.server.diagnostics.minimumSeverity": {