diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 725fd3d051..ec1babb39d 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 *******************************************************************************
 
-Axom: ................................, version 0.8.1
+Axom: ................................, version 0.9.0
 
 Copyright (c) 2017-2024, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. 
 Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index d4a7702065..8e6d1f08ab 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ The Axom project release numbers follow [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/
 
 ## [Unreleased] - Release date yyyy-mm-dd
 
+## [Version 0.9.0] - Release date 2024-03-19
+
 ### Added
 - Primal: Adds a `Quadrilateral` primitive
 - Primal: Adds a `compute_bounding_box()` operator for computing the bounding
@@ -1029,7 +1031,8 @@ fractions for the associated materials must be supplied before shaping.
 - Use this section in case of vulnerabilities
 
 
-[Unreleased]:    https://github.com/LLNL/axom/compare/v0.8.1...develop
+[Unreleased]:    https://github.com/LLNL/axom/compare/v0.9.0...develop
+[Version 0.9.0]: https://github.com/LLNL/axom/compare/v0.8.1...v0.9.0
 [Version 0.8.1]: https://github.com/LLNL/axom/compare/v0.8.0...v0.8.1
 [Version 0.8.0]: https://github.com/LLNL/axom/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0
 [Version 0.7.0]: https://github.com/LLNL/axom/compare/v0.6.1...v0.7.0
diff --git a/src/cmake/AxomVersion.cmake b/src/cmake/AxomVersion.cmake
index 2e1db64172..64e3554110 100644
--- a/src/cmake/AxomVersion.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/AxomVersion.cmake
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 #       otherwise, the hard-coded values will go in to the config.
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set(AXOM_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-set(AXOM_VERSION_MINOR 8)
-set(AXOM_VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set(AXOM_VERSION_MINOR 9)
+set(AXOM_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 string(CONCAT AXOM_VERSION_FULL
     "v${AXOM_VERSION_MAJOR}"
     ".${AXOM_VERSION_MINOR}"