diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ddad6d3127e..75c64058fee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Make sure you activated the full features of the tokio crate on Cargo.toml:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.9.0", features = ["full"] }
 ```
 Then, on your main.rs:
 
diff --git a/tokio/CHANGELOG.md b/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
index a96d27500ed..5de80a3f933 100644
--- a/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,37 @@
+# 1.9.0 (July 22, 2021)
+
+### Added
+
+ - net: allow customized I/O operations for `TcpStream` ([#3888])
+ - sync: add getter for the mutex from a guard ([#3928])
+ - task: expose nameable future for `TaskLocal::scope` ([#3273])
+
+### Fixed
+
+ - Fix leak if output of future panics on drop ([#3967])
+ - Fix leak in `LocalSet` ([#3978])
+
+### Changes
+
+ - runtime: reorganize parts of the runtime ([#3909], [#3939], [#3950], [#3955], [#3980])
+ - sync: clean up `OnceCell` ([#3945])
+ - task: remove mutex in `JoinError` ([#3959])
+
+[#3273]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3273
+[#3888]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3888
+[#3909]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3909
+[#3928]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3928
+[#3934]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3934
+[#3939]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3939
+[#3945]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3945
+[#3950]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3950
+[#3955]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3955
+[#3959]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3959
+[#3967]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3967
+[#3967]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3967
+[#3978]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3978
+[#3980]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/3980
+
 # 1.8.2 (July 19, 2021)
 
 Fixes a missed edge case from 1.8.1.
diff --git a/tokio/Cargo.toml b/tokio/Cargo.toml
index a30ba23a1dc..8ead829d6ce 100644
--- a/tokio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ name = "tokio"
 #   - README.md
 # - Update CHANGELOG.md.
 # - Create "v1.0.x" git tag.
-version = "1.8.2"
+version = "1.9.0"
 edition = "2018"
 authors = ["Tokio Contributors <team@tokio.rs>"]
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
-documentation = "https://docs.rs/tokio/1.8.2/tokio/"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/tokio/1.9.0/tokio/"
 repository = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio"
 homepage = "https://tokio.rs"
 description = """