diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index e549c15c9c4..47a3ebfe0b1 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Mohan Gandhi <mohgan@amazon.com>
 Neil Spruit <neil.r.spruit@intel.com>
 nikhilnanal <nikhilnanal1@gmail.com>
 nikhilnanal <nikhil.nanal1@intel.com>
+Nikhil Nanal <nikhil.nanal@intel.com>
 Nikita Gusev <nikita.gusev@intel.com>
 Nikola Dancejic <dancejic@amazon.com>
 Oblomov, Sergey <hoopoepg@gmail.com>
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ebf70319c5f..7d4720a431e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ v1.9.0, Fri Nov 22, 2019
 - Fix leaks of internal resources
 - Miscellaneous cleanups and bug fixes
 
-## GNI
-
 ## MRail
 
 - Renamed address control environment variable
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cfcc10f749f..95d160f4602 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dnl
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([libfabric], [1.9.0rc3], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
+AC_INIT([libfabric], [1.9.0], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/fabric.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(config)
diff --git a/fabtests/configure.ac b/fabtests/configure.ac
index 079f2a3e0ba..f08cb367be0 100644
--- a/fabtests/configure.ac
+++ b/fabtests/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dnl
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT([fabtests], [1.9.0rc3], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
+AC_INIT([fabtests], [1.9.0], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
diff --git a/include/windows/config.h b/include/windows/config.h
index 93ef8f8e034..5c2f03d3bb2 100644
--- a/include/windows/config.h
+++ b/include/windows/config.h
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 #define PACKAGE_TARNAME PACKAGE
 
 /* Define to the version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.9.0rc3"
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.9.0"
 
 /* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
 #define PACKAGE_STRING PACKAGE_NAME " " PACKAGE_VERSION