diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee495658..3450a320 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+### 0.9.0 @ Oct 01 2013
+
+  * Upgrade from LevelDB@0.11.0 to LevelDB@0.14.0, includes change from .sst to .ldb file extension for SST files (@rvagg)
+
 ### 0.8.3 @ Sept 18 2013
+
   * Upgrade to nan@0.4.0, better support for latest Node master & support for installing within directory structures containing spaces in directory names (@rvagg)
 
 ### 0.8.2 @ Sept 2 2013
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 62721061..81a19638 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name"            : "leveldown"
   , "description"     : "A Node.js LevelDB binding, primary backend for LevelUP"
-  , "version"         : "0.8.3"
+  , "version"         : "0.9.0"
   , "contributors"    : [
         "Rod Vagg <r@va.gg> (https://github.com/rvagg)"
       , "John Chesley <john@chesl.es> (https://github.com/chesles/)"