diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93de3d8c..94a44b29 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.9.0] - 2020-07-30
+
 ### Added
 - move to (un)staged when the current selection is empty [[@jonstodle](https://github.com/jonstodle)] ([#215](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/215))
 - pending load of a diff/status is visualized ([#160](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/160))
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2085f304..efbd79c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ checksum = "cff77d8686867eceff3105329d4698d96c2391c176d5d03adc90c7389162b5b8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "asyncgit"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "git2",
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitui"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "asyncgit",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d9245926..fc1b64a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitui"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.9.0"
 authors = ["Stephan Dilly <dilly.stephan@gmail.com>"]
 description = "blazing fast terminal-ui for git"
 edition = "2018"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ keywords = [
 
 [dependencies]
 scopetime = { path = "./scopetime", version = "0.1" }
-asyncgit = { path = "./asyncgit", version = "0.8" }
+asyncgit = { path = "./asyncgit", version = "0.9" }
 crossterm = "0.17"
 clap = { version = "2.33", default-features = false }
 tui = { version = "0.9", default-features = false, features = ['crossterm'] }
diff --git a/asyncgit/Cargo.toml b/asyncgit/Cargo.toml
index 3bfcaee7..63be7ff2 100644
--- a/asyncgit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/asyncgit/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "asyncgit"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.9.0"
 authors = ["Stephan Dilly <dilly.stephan@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "allow using git2 in a asynchronous context"