diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 487c07a1d..c08872fb0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.9.0] - 2020-03-10
+
 ### Added
 - An option to print cached variables from CMake
 - Add support for compiling on Mac (and clang)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6959dfcad..295e37c0e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.8.52
+v1.9.0