diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index ab33a3a86..82e2bd051 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ Cisco Nxos Collection Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v9.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Starting from this release, the minimum `ansible-core` version this collection requires is `2.15.0`. The last known version compatible with ansible-core<2.15 is v8.1.0.
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.15.0`, since previous ansible-core versions are EoL now.
+
 v8.1.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 6054f87e9..e26a86b03 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1105,3 +1105,15 @@ releases:
       - nxos_l3_interfaces.yaml
       - route_maps.yaml
     release_date: "2024-05-22"
+  9.0.0:
+    changes:
+      major_changes:
+        - Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.15.0`, since previous ansible-core versions
+          are EoL now.
+      release_summary:
+        Starting from this release, the minimum `ansible-core` version
+        this collection requires is `2.15.0`. The last known version compatible with
+        ansible-core<2.15 is v8.1.0.
+    fragments:
+      - bump_215.yaml
+    release_date: "2024-06-07"
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/bump_215.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/bump_215.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3165d9387..000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/bump_215.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-major_changes:
-  - Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.15.0`, since previous ansible-core versions are EoL now.
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 2ff5ec58f..50e31500f 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ readme: README.md
 repository: https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.nxos
 issues: https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.nxos/issues
 tags: [cisco, nxos, networking, nxapi, netconf]
-version: 8.1.0
+version: 9.0.0