diff --git a/README b/README
index f0c02b584..e8c6c4965 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -35,11 +35,33 @@ before calling SSL_new();  Though it's not recommended.
 *** end Notes ***
 
 
-CyaSSL Release 2.9.0 (X/XX/XXXX)
+CyaSSL Release 2.9.0 (02/07/2014)
 
 Release 2.9.0 CyaSSL has bug fixes and new features including:
 - Freescale Kinetis RNGB support
 - Freescale Kinetis mmCAU support
+- TLS Hello extensions
+  - ECC
+  - Secure Renegotiation (null) 
+  - Truncated HMAC
+- SCEP support
+  - PKCS #7 Enveloped data and signed data
+  - PKCS #10 Certificate Signing Request generation
+- DTLS sliding window
+- OCSP Improvements
+  - API change to integrate into Certificate Manager
+  - IPv4/IPv6 agnostic
+  - example client/server support for OCSP
+  - OCSP nonces are optional
+- GMAC hashing
+- Windows build additions
+- Windows CYGWIN build fixes
+- Updated test certificates
+- Microchip MPLAB Harmony support
+- Update autoconf scripts
+- Additional X.509 inspection functions
+- ECC encrypt/decrypt primitives
+- ECC Certificate generation
 
 The Freescale Kinetis K53 RNGB documentation can be found in Chapter 33 of the
 K53 Sub-Family Reference Manual:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a558b69f9..6ba48ab95 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 #
 
-AC_INIT([cyassl],[2.8.6],[https://github.com/cyassl/cyassl/issues],[cyassl],[http://www.yassl.com])
+AC_INIT([cyassl],[2.9.0],[https://github.com/cyassl/cyassl/issues],[cyassl],[http://www.yassl.com])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h:config.in])dnl Keep filename to 8.3 for MS-DOS.
 
 #shared library versioning
-CYASSL_LIBRARY_VERSION=5:2:0
+CYASSL_LIBRARY_VERSION=5:3:0
 #                      | | |
 #               +------+ | +---+
 #               |        |     |
diff --git a/cyassl/version.h b/cyassl/version.h
index 192ff9874..30bf70457 100644
--- a/cyassl/version.h
+++ b/cyassl/version.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define LIBCYASSL_VERSION_STRING "2.8.6"
-#define LIBCYASSL_VERSION_HEX 0x02008006
+#define LIBCYASSL_VERSION_STRING "2.9.0"
+#define LIBCYASSL_VERSION_HEX 0x02009000
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }