diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0405d0051..90ac539d01 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [9.0.0](https://github.com/openvoxproject/openvox/tree/9.0.0) (2026-10-02)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/openvoxproject/openvox/compare/9.0.0-rc4...9.0.0)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- \[Bug\]: Ruby crashes on child side of fork pre-exec macOS 26 \(Tahoe\) [\#538](https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openvox/issues/538)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Skip the tests that need jruby-openssl in FIPS mode [\#696](https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openvox/pull/696) ([nmburgan](https://github.com/nmburgan))
+
 ## [9.0.0-rc4](https://github.com/openvoxproject/openvox/tree/9.0.0-rc4) (2026-09-29)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/openvoxproject/openvox/compare/9.0.0-rc3...9.0.0-rc4)
diff --git a/lib/puppet/version.rb b/lib/puppet/version.rb
index 726569e86b..d11d2956b0 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/version.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/version.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Raketasks and such to set the version based on the output of `git describe`
 
 module Puppet
-  PUPPETVERSION = '9.0.0-rc4'
+  PUPPETVERSION = '9.0.0'
   IMPLEMENTATION = 'openvox'
 
   ##