diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9fd528f..33d801b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented here.
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [0.9.0] — 2026-08-02
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/companion/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/companion/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 425d2f7..9a3c63f 100644
--- a/companion/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/companion/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aiui"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "base64 0.22.1",
diff --git a/companion/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/companion/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 7dea1ae..c2797dc 100644
--- a/companion/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/companion/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "aiui"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.9.0"
 description = "aiui companion — renders dialogs for remote Claude Code sessions"
 authors = ["byte5"]
 license = ""
diff --git a/companion/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/companion/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 93be564..f814b60 100644
--- a/companion/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/companion/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "../node_modules/@tauri-apps/cli/config.schema.json",
   "productName": "aiui",
-  "version": "0.8.3",
+  "version": "0.9.0",
   "identifier": "de.byte5.aiui",
   "build": {
     "frontendDist": "../dist",
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 88c2648..0085f1d 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "aiui-mcp"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.9.0"
 description = "MCP server for aiui — native macOS dialogs from any Claude Code session, local or remote."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"