diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d6a5f76..6db3039 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 6756ad0..9563185 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) and
 
 From v0.2.1 onwards, entries in this file are generated by [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please) from conventional commits; earlier entries (v0.2.0 and below) were written by hand.
 
+## [0.9.0](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/compare/v0.8.0...v0.9.0) (2026-07-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* normalize semantic version strings for speech ([#39](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/issues/39)) ([1336087](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/commit/133608702ce1ae5d7f52cd537b98799bc3ab14b1))
+* report the running daemon's version (status + version command) ([#38](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/issues/38)) ([452354b](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/commit/452354ba0a7b5a6e0e3417d66e79cf4276e45e32))
+
 ## [0.8.0](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2026-07-10)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8b18740..1e423cd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "stackvox"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 description = "Offline TTS library using Kokoro-82M"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"