diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index bdbfc96..428506c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+2015-08-03, Version 2.9.0
+=========================
+
+ * Fix the build failure (Raymond Feng)
+
+ * Fix the model-config/datasource merge (Raymond Feng)
+
+ * Resolved style issue (Dennis Ashby)
+
+ * Added code to allow model-config to respect model-config.local.js and model-config.env.js as do other config files. (Dennis Ashby)
+
+ * Add jsdoc for `options.mixinSources` (Miroslav Bajtoš)
+
+ * allow middleware to be optional (Hage Yaapa)
+
+
 2015-06-24, Version 2.8.2
 =========================
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0ed53e..a7caae0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "loopback-boot",
-  "version": "2.8.2",
+  "version": "2.9.0",
   "description": "Convention-based bootstrapper for LoopBack applications",
   "keywords": [
     "StrongLoop",