diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31f3b72101..5b336df175 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ![HtmlUnit Logo](https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/blob/master/src/site/resources/images/htmlunit.png)
 
-Version 4.8.0 / January 12, 2025
+Version 4.9.0 / January 22, 2025
 
 :heart: [Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/rbri)
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Add to your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
     <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8.0</version>
+    <version>4.9.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Add to your `pom.xml`:
 Add to your `build.gradle`:
 
 ```groovy
-implementation group: 'org.htmlunit', name: 'htmlunit', version: '4.8.0'
+implementation group: 'org.htmlunit', name: 'htmlunit', version: '4.9.0'
 ```
 
 ## Vulnerabilities
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Add the snapshot repository and dependency to your `pom.xml`:
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
           <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-          <version>4.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>4.10.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- ... -->
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f7f568708f..6ffd92ba06 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
     <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-    <version>4.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.9.0</version>
     <name>HtmlUnit</name>
     <organization>
         <name>Gargoyle Software Inc.</name>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 8311366310..d844c34855 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     </properties>
 
     <body>
-        <release version="4.9.0" date="February xx, 2025" description="Chrome/Edge 132, Firefox 134, BigInt, Bugfixes">
+        <release version="4.9.0" date="January 22, 2025" description="Chrome/Edge 132, Firefox 134, BigInt, Bugfixes">
             <action type="fix" dev="rbri">
                 WebClientOptions SSLTrustStore is transient.
             </action>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
index ef3136d9d0..2529e6664f 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@
         <section name="Where to find...">
             <p>
                 <dl>
-                    <dt>Latest release <date>January 12, 2025</date></dt>
+                    <dt>Latest release <date>January 22, 2025</date></dt>
                     <dd>
-                        <p><a href="https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/releases/tag/4.8.0">version 4.8.0</a></p>
+                        <p><a href="https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/releases/tag/4.9.0">version 4.9.0</a></p>
                     </dd>
 
                     <dt>Source code</dt>
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
     <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-    <version>4.8.0</version>
+    <version>4.9.0</version>
 </dependency>]]></source>
             </p>
 
