REL: 2.9.0

New Features (ENH):
-  Add ability to add hex encoded colors to outline items (#1186)
-  Add support for pathlib.Path in PdfMerger.merge (#1190)
-  Add link annotation (#1189)
-  Add capability to filter text extraction by orientation  (#1175)

Bug Fixes (BUG):
-  Named Dest in PDF1.1 (#1174)
-  Incomplete Graphic State save/restore (#1172)

Documentation (DOC):
-  Update changelog url in package metadata (#1180)
-  Table extraction (#1179)
-  Mention pyHanko for signing PDF documents (#1178)
-  We now have CMAP support (#1177)

Maintenance (MAINT):
-  Consistant usage of warnings / log messages (#1164)
-  Consistent terminology for outline items (#1156)

Code Style (STY):
-  Apply pre-commit (#1188)

Full Changelog: 2.8.1...2.9.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## Version 2.9.0, 2022-07-31
+
+### New Features (ENH)
+-  Add ability to add hex encoded colors to outline items (#1186)
+-  Add support for pathlib.Path in PdfMerger.merge (#1190)
+-  Add link annotation (#1189)
+-  Add capability to filter text extraction by orientation (#1175)
+
+### Bug Fixes (BUG)
+-  Named Dest in PDF1.1 (#1174)
+-  Incomplete Graphic State save/restore (#1172)
+
+### Documentation (DOC)
+-  Update changelog url in package metadata (#1180)
+-  Mantion camelot for table extraction (#1179)
+-  Mention pyHanko for signing PDF documents (#1178)
+-  Weow have CMAP support since a while (#1177)
+
+### Maintenance (MAINT)
+-  Consistant usage of warnings / log messages (#1164)
+-  Consistent terminology for outline items (#1156)
+
+
+Full Changelog: https://github.com/py-pdf/PyPDF2/compare/2.8.1...2.9.0
+
 ## Version 2.8.1, 2022-07-25
 
 ### Bug Fixes (BUG)

PyPDF2/_version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.8.1"
+__version__ = "2.9.0"