diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.markdown b/RELEASE_NOTES.markdown
index f587fc63a..203460e41 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.markdown
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.markdown
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release Notes
 
-## 2.9.0 (May 21 2018)
+## 2.9.0 (May 24 2018)
 
 This release is mostly about API visibility bump from uncommited to committed,
 but also includes several bug fixes.
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/GetVersionInfo.cmake b/cmake/Modules/GetVersionInfo.cmake
index dd969073b..9f4629c3b 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/GetVersionInfo.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/GetVersionInfo.cmake
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ ENDIF()
 
 IF (NOT LCB_VERSION)
     SET(LCB_NOGITVERSION ON)
-    SET(LCB_VERSION "2.8.7")
+    SET(LCB_VERSION "2.9.0")
 ENDIF()
 IF (NOT LCB_VERSION_CHANGESET)
     SET(LCB_VERSION_CHANGESET "0xdeadbeef")
 ENDIF()
 IF (NOT LCB_VERSION_HEX)
-    SET(LCB_VERSION_HEX 0x020807)
+    SET(LCB_VERSION_HEX 0x020900)
 ENDIF()
 
 # Now parse the version string
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ IF(APPLE)
 ELSE()
     SET(LCB_SONAME_MAJOR "2")
 ENDIF()
-SET(LCB_SONAME_FULL "${LCB_SONAME_MAJOR}.0.55")
+SET(LCB_SONAME_FULL "${LCB_SONAME_MAJOR}.0.56")
 
 MESSAGE(STATUS
     "libcouchbase ${LCB_VERSION_MAJOR},${LCB_VERSION_MINOR},${LCB_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile b/doc/Doxyfile
index e55536b25..a183c1c13 100644
--- a/doc/Doxyfile
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "Couchbase C Client"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2.8.7
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2.9.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a