diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index c6cbe78f..3ccd0f1f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Change Log
 0.99999999/1.0b9
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Released on XXX
+Released on July 14, 2016
 
 * **Added ordereddict as a mandatory dependency on Python 2.6.**
 
diff --git a/html5lib/__init__.py b/html5lib/__init__.py
index 3f17d83c..b27bad71 100644
--- a/html5lib/__init__.py
+++ b/html5lib/__init__.py
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
            "getTreeWalker", "serialize"]
 
 # this has to be at the top level, see how setup.py parses this
-__version__ = "0.99999999-dev"
+__version__ = "0.99999999"