diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b4cdeced604..c2d4892cb2f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Changelog (Pillow)
 ==================
 
-9.0.0 (unreleased)
+9.0.0 (2022-01-02)
 ------------------
 
 - Restrict builtins for ImageMath.eval(). CVE TBD #5923
diff --git a/src/PIL/_version.py b/src/PIL/_version.py
index 43e3e4768d1..0ee7ac8c58b 100644
--- a/src/PIL/_version.py
+++ b/src/PIL/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Master version for Pillow
-__version__ = "9.0.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "9.0.0"