diff --git a/.update/version b/.update/version
index c3a736ce59..0f107f5c7b 100644
--- a/.update/version
+++ b/.update/version
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Available DietPi version
 G_REMOTE_VERSION_CORE=9
 G_REMOTE_VERSION_SUB=9
-G_REMOTE_VERSION_RC=-1
+G_REMOTE_VERSION_RC=0
 # Minimum DietPi version to allow update
 G_MIN_VERSION_CORE=7
 G_MIN_VERSION_SUB=0
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 76c63b86c1..e346bf7e00 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 v9.9
-(2024-11-16)
+(2024-11-23)
 
 New images:
 - Orange Pi 5 Max | Support for this new variant of the Orange Pi 5 family has been added to DietPi.
diff --git a/dietpi/func/dietpi-globals b/dietpi/func/dietpi-globals
index 44ed22332f..a77d84b5fa 100644
--- a/dietpi/func/dietpi-globals
+++ b/dietpi/func/dietpi-globals
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	# - Assign defaults/code version as fallback
 	[[ $G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE ]] || G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=9
 	[[ $G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB ]] || G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=9
-	[[ $G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC ]] || G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=-1
+	[[ $G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC ]] || G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=0
 	[[ $G_GITBRANCH ]] || G_GITBRANCH='master'
 	[[ $G_GITOWNER ]] || G_GITOWNER='MichaIng'
 	# - Save current version and Git branch