diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java
index 109f5cde1883e2daf62ff7387b69450c1dfe7346..5ace441d53febf9635217d781f9033117a1469b5 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class CoreVersion {
      *  Otherwise, the same as PUBLISHED_VERSION.
      *  RouterVersion.FULL_VERSION is suggested for display to the user.
      */
-    public final static String VERSION = "1.8.0";
+    public final static String VERSION = "1.9.0";
 
     /**
      *  The version published in the netdb via StatisticsManager.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class CoreVersion {
      *
      *  @since 0.9.46
      */
-    public final static String PUBLISHED_VERSION = "0.9.54";
+    public final static String PUBLISHED_VERSION = "0.9.55";
 
     /**
      *  For Vuze.
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 3e66bdbf9a1491fe95e94ef646b75022c6eb2a62..a5bc956d8f6eb3a0ec075495d05ab6552c23364d 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2022-08-22 1.9.0 released
+
 2022-08-10 zzz
  * SSU2: Enable for Android, ARM, and 2% of others
 
diff --git a/installer/install.xml b/installer/install.xml
index e5fc763aeb7f3988ef2c702b19241163cb9f246c..56736931b2879eae00060fd12f739421aa0df942 100644
--- a/installer/install.xml
+++ b/installer/install.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <info>
         <appname>i2p</appname>
-        <appversion>1.8.0</appversion>
+        <appversion>1.9.0</appversion>
         <authors>
             <author name="I2P" email="https://geti2p.net/"/>
         </authors>
diff --git a/installer/install5.xml b/installer/install5.xml
index 2fef21ef254b89be08d2ccf1a7b5122f7ac1c14a..0c41ffe277476d8291672cf8cd26ab506deea4b5 100644
--- a/installer/install5.xml
+++ b/installer/install5.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <info>
         <appname>i2p</appname>
-        <appversion>1.8.0</appversion>
+        <appversion>1.9.0</appversion>
         <authors>
             <author name="I2P" email="https://geti2p.net/"/>
         </authors>
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index a4b4ca39e54ae9676ccbcd92990dd9865959bdb6..ed7e15522acdb3006c79262f2be5a82dc6418fea 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Git";
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
-    public final static long BUILD = 16;
+    public final static long BUILD = 0;
 
     /** for example "-test" */
-    public final static String EXTRA = "-rc";
+    public final static String EXTRA = "";
     public final static String FULL_VERSION = VERSION + "-" + BUILD + EXTRA;
     public static void main(String args[]) {
         System.out.println("I2P Router version: " + FULL_VERSION);