diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b8ae9ca165..00db4b9571 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ Changelog
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+3.0.9 (2018-03-14)
+==================
+
+- Close a connection if an unexpected exception occurs while sending a request
+  (#2827)
+
+
 3.0.8 (2018-03-12)
 ==================
 
diff --git a/CHANGES/2827.bugfix b/CHANGES/2827.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 977c6a79d8..0000000000
--- a/CHANGES/2827.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Close a connection if an unexpected exception occurs while sending a request
diff --git a/aiohttp/__init__.py b/aiohttp/__init__.py
index 1ebbe5ca20..d88a8df5a3 100644
--- a/aiohttp/__init__.py
+++ b/aiohttp/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '3.0.8'
+__version__ = '3.0.9'
 
 # This relies on each of the submodules having an __all__ variable.