diff --git a/r-package/DESCRIPTION b/r-package/DESCRIPTION
index f8a66e07..2ec32688 100644
--- a/r-package/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/r-package/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: geobr
 Title: Download Official Spatial Data Sets of Brazil
-Version: 1.8.2900
+Version: 1.9.0
 Authors@R: c(person(given="Rafael H. M.", family="Pereira", email="rafa.pereira.br@gmail.com", role=c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2125-7465")),
             person(given="Caio Nogueira", family="Goncalves", role=c("aut")),
             person(given="Paulo Henrique Fernandes de", family="Araujo", role=c("ctb")),
diff --git a/r-package/NEWS.md b/r-package/NEWS.md
index 49f3082a..a08b58f7 100644
--- a/r-package/NEWS.md
+++ b/r-package/NEWS.md
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# geobr v1.9.0 dev
+# geobr v1.9.0
 
 **Major changes**
 
 - Function `read_health_facilities()` now has a new parameter `date`, which will allow users to access data for different dates of reference. The plan is to have at least one update of this data set per year. Closes #334.
-- Function `read_urban_area()` now has a new parameter `code_state`, which will allow users to filter selected states. Closes #338
-- Function `read_metro_area()` now has a new parameter `code_state`, which will allow users to filter selected states.  Closes #338
+- Functions `read_urban_area()` and `read_metro_area()` now have a new parameter `code_state`, which will allow users to filter selected states. Closes #338
 
 **Bug fix**
 - Using `data.table::rbindlist()` to rind data was throwing errors when some observations were of class `POLYGONS` and others were `MULTIPOLYGONS`. This has now been replaced with `dplyr::bind_rows()` at a very small performance penalty. Closes #346.
diff --git a/r-package/cran-comments.md b/r-package/cran-comments.md
index 539c3edd..04c2d895 100644
--- a/r-package/cran-comments.md
+++ b/r-package/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
-── R CMD check results ────────────────────────────────────────────────── geobr 1.8.2 ────
-Duration: 6m 47.4s
+── R CMD check results ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── geobr 1.9.0 ────
+Duration: 11m 22.3s
 
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+# geobr v1.9.0
 
+**Major changes**
 
-**CRAN request**
-- Fixed issue to make sure geobr uses suggested packages conditionally on CRAN
+- Function `read_health_facilities()` now has a new parameter `date`, which will allow users to access data for different dates of reference. The plan is to have at least one update of this data set per year. Closes #334.
+- Functions `read_urban_area()` and `read_metro_area()` now have a new parameter `code_state`, which will allow users to filter selected states. Closes #338
 
-**Minor changes**
-- Fixed non-ASCII characters in data `geobr::grid_state_correspondence_table()`
+**Bug fix**
+- Using `data.table::rbindlist()` to rind data was throwing errors when some observations were of class `POLYGONS` and others were `MULTIPOLYGONS`. This has now been replaced with `dplyr::bind_rows()` at a very small performance penalty. Closes #346.
+
+**New data**
+- schools for 2023
+- health facilities for 202303
+- census tracts for 2020 and 2022