diff --git a/android-interop-testing/app/build.gradle b/android-interop-testing/app/build.gradle
index 5368e2a99c4..81e186bad24 100644
--- a/android-interop-testing/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android-interop-testing/app/build.gradle
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ protobuf {
     }
     plugins {
         grpc {
-            artifact = 'io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+            artifact = 'io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
         }
     }
     generateProtoTasks {
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:23.1.1'
     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:7.3.0'
     // You need to build grpc-java to obtain the grpc libraries below.
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-nano:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-testing:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-nano:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-testing:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
     compile 'javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.2'
     compile 'junit:junit:4.12'
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b1e01b60b9d..40267521b9b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ subprojects {
     idea.module.inheritOutputDirs = true
 
     group = "io.grpc"
-    version = "1.9.0-SNAPSHOT" // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    version = "1.9.0" // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
 
     sourceCompatibility = 1.6
     targetCompatibility = 1.6
diff --git a/compiler/src/test/golden/TestService.java.txt b/compiler/src/test/golden/TestService.java.txt
index 81170236ff0..b398ac29c51 100644
--- a/compiler/src/test/golden/TestService.java.txt
+++ b/compiler/src/test/golden/TestService.java.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import static io.grpc.stub.ServerCalls.asyncUnimplementedUnaryCall;
  * </pre>
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.9.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.9.0)",
     comments = "Source: test.proto")
 public final class TestServiceGrpc {
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/testLite/golden/TestService.java.txt b/compiler/src/testLite/golden/TestService.java.txt
index 1dce6b4e532..0a26386fc6a 100644
--- a/compiler/src/testLite/golden/TestService.java.txt
+++ b/compiler/src/testLite/golden/TestService.java.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import static io.grpc.stub.ServerCalls.asyncUnimplementedUnaryCall;
  * </pre>
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.9.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.9.0)",
     comments = "Source: test.proto")
 public final class TestServiceGrpc {
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/testNano/golden/TestService.java.txt b/compiler/src/testNano/golden/TestService.java.txt
index 8cff5a75840..c724cf46710 100644
--- a/compiler/src/testNano/golden/TestService.java.txt
+++ b/compiler/src/testNano/golden/TestService.java.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  * </pre>
  */
 @javax.annotation.Generated(
-    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.9.0-SNAPSHOT)",
+    value = "by gRPC proto compiler (version 1.9.0)",
     comments = "Source: test.proto")
 public final class TestServiceGrpc {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/GrpcUtil.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/GrpcUtil.java
index 3dad57fd83c..814bd134811 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/GrpcUtil.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/GrpcUtil.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public byte[] parseAsciiString(byte[] serialized) {
 
   public static final Splitter ACCEPT_ENCODING_SPLITTER = Splitter.on(',').trimResults();
 
-  private static final String IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION = "1.9.0-SNAPSHOT"; // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+  private static final String IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION = "1.9.0"; // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
 
   /**
    * The default delay in nanos before we send a keepalive.
diff --git a/examples/android/helloworld/app/build.gradle b/examples/android/helloworld/app/build.gradle
index 07d05560164..db78abaf986 100644
--- a/examples/android/helloworld/app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/android/helloworld/app/build.gradle
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ protobuf {
             artifact = "com.google.protobuf:protoc-gen-javalite:3.0.0"
         }
         grpc {
-            artifact = 'io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+            artifact = 'io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
         }
     }
     generateProtoTasks {
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.1.1'
 
     // You need to build grpc-java to obtain these libraries below.
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
     compile 'javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.2'
 }
diff --git a/examples/android/routeguide/app/build.gradle b/examples/android/routeguide/app/build.gradle
index 7fb5b55e20a..3211ea89ed6 100644
--- a/examples/android/routeguide/app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/android/routeguide/app/build.gradle
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ protobuf {
             artifact = "com.google.protobuf:protoc-gen-javalite:3.0.0"
         }
         grpc {
-            artifact = 'io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+            artifact = 'io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
         }
     }
     generateProtoTasks {
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.+'
 
     // You need to build grpc-java to obtain these libraries below.
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
-    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+    compile 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
     compile 'javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.2'
 }
diff --git a/examples/build.gradle b/examples/build.gradle
index 6455a127107..e0001e23103 100644
--- a/examples/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ repositories {
 
 // Feel free to delete the comment at the next line. It is just for safely
 // updating the version in our release process.
-def grpcVersion = '1.9.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
+def grpcVersion = '1.9.0' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
 
 dependencies {
   compile "com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:1.0.0"
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index f610c4283d4..5d0114925fa 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <!-- Feel free to delete the comment at the end of these lines. It is just
        for safely updating the version in our release process. -->
-  <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION -->
+  <version>1.9.0</version><!-- CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION -->
   <name>examples</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <grpc.version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</grpc.version><!-- CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION -->
+    <grpc.version>1.9.0</grpc.version><!-- CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION -->
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>