diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index afa2b3515..abb165823 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/messages.json b/messages.json
index 4eb04c110..73f39c6c1 100644
--- a/messages.json
+++ b/messages.json
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
     "1.6.1": "messages/1.6.1.txt",
     "1.7.0": "messages/1.7.0.txt",
     "1.8.0": "messages/1.8.0.txt",
+    "1.9.0": "messages/1.9.0.txt",
     "install": "messages/install.txt"
 }
diff --git a/messages/1.9.0.txt b/messages/1.9.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e567ee31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/messages/1.9.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+=> 1.9.0
+
+# Fixes and Features
+
+- Fix typo in release.py (Brenton Bostick)
+- Make code lenses have the same behavior for both variants (#1825) (Raoul Wols)
+- Advertise that we only do "adjust indentation" for completions (Raoul Wols)
+- Fix inconsistency in indent adjustment behavior when completing (Raoul Wols)
+- Update client configuration docs (Raoul Wols)
+- Always clear undo stack after a mutation on any panel (#1824) (Raoul Wols)
+- Implement labelDetailsSupport (#1827) (Raoul Wols)
+- Strip carriage returns in completion insertions as well (Raoul Wols)
+- Pass ignore patterns obtained from ST to the file watcher (#1823) (Rafał Chłodnicki)
diff --git a/plugin/core/version.py b/plugin/core/version.py
index 02530e7a9..6f859f4d6 100644
--- a/plugin/core/version.py
+++ b/plugin/core/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = (1, 8, 0)
+__version__ = (1, 9, 0)