diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 4f5e85a4..8e7e857a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+v0.9.0 (2021-05-14)
+-------------------
+[#269] cleanup() is now automatic with session destruct [Daniel Moore]
+[#235] multithreaded parallel transfer for PUT and GET [Daniel Moore]
+[#232] do not arbitrarily pick first replica for DEST RESC [Daniel Moore]
+[#233] add null handler for irods package root [Daniel Moore]
+[#246] implementation of checksum for data object manager [Daniel Moore]
+[#270] speed up tests [Daniel Moore]
+[#260] [irods/irods#5520] XML protocol will use BinBytesBuf in 4.2.9 [Daniel Moore]
+[#221] prepare test suite for CI [Daniel Moore]
+[#267] add RuleExec model for genquery [Daniel Moore]
+[#263] update documentation for connection_timeout [Terrell Russell]
+[#261] add temporary password support [Paul van Schayck]
+[#257] better SSL examples [Terrell Russell]
+[#255] make results of atomic metadata operations visible [Daniel Moore]
+[#250] add exception for SYS_INVALID_INPUT_PARAM [Daniel Moore]
+
 v0.8.6 (2021-01-22)
 -------------------
 [#244] added capability to add/remove atomic metadata [Daniel Moore]
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 53d0a100..eca6b712 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Currently supported:
 - Execute direct SQL queries
 - Execute iRODS rules
 - Support read, write, and seek operations for files
-- PUT/GET data objects
+- Parallel PUT/GET data objects
 - Create collections
 - Rename collections
 - Delete collections
diff --git a/irods/version.py b/irods/version.py
index 37e9d6dd..e4e49b3b 100644
--- a/irods/version.py
+++ b/irods/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.8.6'
+__version__ = '0.9.0'