diff --git a/actix-rt/CHANGES.md b/actix-rt/CHANGES.md
index ccd8a23e..5c78df97 100644
--- a/actix-rt/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-rt/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased - 2023-xx-xx
 
+## 2.9.0
+
 - Add `actix_rt::System::runtime()` method to retrieve the underlying `actix_rt::Runtime` runtime.
 - Add `actix_rt::Runtime::tokio_runtime()` method to retrieve the underlying Tokio runtime.
 - Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.65.
diff --git a/actix-rt/Cargo.toml b/actix-rt/Cargo.toml
index 1256eefd..dd460033 100644
--- a/actix-rt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-rt/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-rt"
-version = "2.8.0"
+version = "2.9.0"
 authors = [
     "Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>",
     "Rob Ede <robjtede@icloud.com>",
diff --git a/actix-rt/README.md b/actix-rt/README.md
index d4e0da89..ee206b03 100644
--- a/actix-rt/README.md
+++ b/actix-rt/README.md
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 > Tokio-based single-threaded async runtime for the Actix ecosystem.
 
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+[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-rt/badge.svg?version=2.9.0)](https://docs.rs/actix-rt/2.9.0)
 [![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.46+-ab6000.svg)](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2020/03/12/Rust-1.46.html)
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 <br />
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+[![dependency status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-rt/2.9.0/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-rt/2.9.0)
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