diff --git a/actix-identity/CHANGES.md b/actix-identity/CHANGES.md
index 595aee27b..bc49eb753 100644
--- a/actix-identity/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-identity/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
+
+
+## 0.4.0-beta.9 - 2022-02-07
 - Relax body type bounds on middleware impl. [#223]
 - Update `actix-web` dependency to `4.0.0-rc.1`.
 
diff --git a/actix-identity/Cargo.toml b/actix-identity/Cargo.toml
index 0101b205d..976507354 100644
--- a/actix-identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-identity"
-version = "0.4.0-beta.8"
+version = "0.4.0-beta.9"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Identity service for Actix Web"
 keywords = ["actix", "auth", "identity", "web", "security"]
diff --git a/actix-identity/README.md b/actix-identity/README.md
index 0618449cb..3584c7bfa 100644
--- a/actix-identity/README.md
+++ b/actix-identity/README.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 > Identity service for actix-web framework.
 
 [![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/actix-identity?label=latest)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-identity)
-[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-identity/badge.svg?version=0.4.0-beta.8)](https://docs.rs/actix-identity/0.4.0-beta.8)
+[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-identity/badge.svg?version=0.4.0-beta.9)](https://docs.rs/actix-identity/0.4.0-beta.9)
 ![Apache 2.0 or MIT licensed](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/actix-identity)
-[![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-identity/0.4.0-beta.8/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-identity/0.4.0-beta.8)
+[![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-identity/0.4.0-beta.9/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-identity/0.4.0-beta.9)
 
 ## Documentation & community resources