diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 7426a53d60..33fc67d2f8 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.8.1
+current_version = 1.9.0
 commit = True
 message = 
 	Prepare for {new_version} release
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 3f534a2ac0..119459db13 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@ Changelog
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+memray 1.9.0 (2023-07-28)
+-------------------------
+
+Features
+~~~~~~~~
+
+- Allow to report the current version of Memray via a ``--version/-V`` command line parameter (#420)
+- Add pause/unpause keybindings to the live reporter that allows the user to pause the live reporter to analyse the current results without pausing the running program (#418)
+
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Support building with Cython 3 (#425)
+
+
 memray 1.8.1 (2023-06-20)
 -------------------------
 
diff --git a/news/418.liveview_pause.rst b/news/418.liveview_pause.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 582079e358..0000000000
--- a/news/418.liveview_pause.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add pause/unpause keybindings to the live reporter that allows the user to pause the live reporter to analyse the current results without pausing the running program
diff --git a/news/420.feature.rst b/news/420.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f5633c878b..0000000000
--- a/news/420.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow to report the current version of Memray via a ``--version/-V`` command line parameter
diff --git a/news/425.bugfix.rst b/news/425.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a2771a605c..0000000000
--- a/news/425.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Support building with Cython 3
diff --git a/src/memray/_version.py b/src/memray/_version.py
index 2d986fc505..0a0a43a57e 100644
--- a/src/memray/_version.py
+++ b/src/memray/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.8.1"
+__version__ = "1.9.0"