diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6fd0a5a05..9a13779e8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+xdg-desktop-portal 0.9
+======================
+
+* Install pkg-config files into datadir
+
+* Avoid a race in the portal APIs
+
+* Change the email portal to take fds
+
+* Translation updates
+ Galicican
+ Indonesian
+ Turkish
+
+
 xdg-desktop-portal 0.8
 ======================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f19fbe444..8ac2196a6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
 
-AC_INIT([xdg-desktop-portal],[0.8])
+AC_INIT([xdg-desktop-portal],[0.9])
 
 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE