diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee157f0..2f3fc2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased] -
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [1.0.0-rc.9] - 2019-03-11
 
 ### Bugfixes
 - return handshake remote peer from secureOutbound
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5d047df..66ff8ae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "libp2p-noise",
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc.8",
+  "version": "1.0.0-rc.9",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "module": "lib/index.js",