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
diff --git a/contrib/fb303/py/setup.py b/contrib/fb303/py/setup.py
index 7feddcb..82b14d9 100644
--- a/contrib/fb303/py/setup.py
+++ b/contrib/fb303/py/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     from distutils.core import setup, Extension, Command
         
 setup(name = 'thrift',
-    version = '0.9.0-dev',
+    version = '0.9.0',
     description = 'Python bindings for the Apache Thrift FB303',
     author = ['Thrift Developers'],
     author_email = ['dev@thrift.apache.org'],