diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index b20b35ffe..fbf089117 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "packages/access-client": "9.0.0",
+  "packages/access-client": "9.0.1",
   "packages/access-api": "3.0.0",
   "packages/capabilities": "2.0.0",
   "packages/upload-client": "5.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/access-client/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/access-client/CHANGELOG.md
index 45ee384e1..4951f4fc2 100644
--- a/packages/access-client/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/access-client/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [9.0.1](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3protocol/compare/access-v9.0.0...access-v9.0.1) (2022-12-08)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* validate agent name ([#271](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3protocol/issues/271)) ([cdccbd3](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3protocol/commit/cdccbd3a7bcc4eaddb0ecee68336c04ac35d7996))
+
 ## [9.0.0](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3protocol/compare/access-v8.0.1...access-v9.0.0) (2022-12-07)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/access-client/package.json b/packages/access-client/package.json
index 82fbc144f..2e21b5ebb 100644
--- a/packages/access-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/access-client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@web3-storage/access",
-  "version": "9.0.0",
+  "version": "9.0.1",
   "description": "w3access client",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/web3-storage/w3-protocol/tree/main/packages/access-client",
   "repository": {