diff --git a/contrib/debian/changelog b/contrib/debian/changelog
index 3d26cdd..a889fc2 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/changelog
+++ b/contrib/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+thrift (0.9.0) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * update to 0.9.0
+
+ -- Jake Farrell <jfarrell@apache.org>  Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:00:00 -0500
+
 thrift (0.7.0) stable; urgency=low
 
   * update to 0.7.0