diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad48585..2785c41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [v1.8.0](https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/tree/v1.7.6) (2025-04-25)
+## [v1.9.0](https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/tree/v1.9.0) (2025-12-04)
+
+- Django 6.0 support https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/pull/307
+- Fix to make tests work with redis-py > 5 https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/pull/282
+
+## [v1.8.0](https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/tree/v1.8.0) (2025-04-25)
 
 - Delete deprecated imports and unwrapping https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/pull/261
 - Remove disque from CI https://github.com/django-q2/django-q2/pull/270
diff --git a/django_q/__init__.py b/django_q/__init__.py
index 62c6b2b..26a827b 100644
--- a/django_q/__init__.py
+++ b/django_q/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (1, 8, 0)
+VERSION = (1, 9, 0)
 
 __all__ = ["conf", "cluster", "models", "tasks"]
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 84b2054..f4e0fe2 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ author = "Ilan Steemers, Stan Triepels"
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "1.8"
+version = "1.9"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "1.8.0"
+release = "1.9.0"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c73fc77..09d4bc6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "django-q2"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.9.0"
 packages = [
     { include = "django_q" },
 ]