diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6266d1e..b2f2728 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+### Changed
+
+### Deprecated
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+### Security
+
+## [2.9.0] - 2021-02-22
+
+### Added
+
 * bkctld-init: install check_policy template
 * bkctld-upgrade-config: install check_policy template if missing
 * test: bkctld check-incs shouldn't fail without incs_policy file
@@ -17,17 +31,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Rename incs_policy template
 * bkctld-check-incs: Correct shellsheck warnings
 
-### Deprecated
-
-### Removed
-
 ### Fixed
 
 * tests: clean jail configuration after each test
 * bkctld-check-incs: Protect `jail_config_epoch`
 
-### Security
-
 ## [2.8.0] - 2020-11-28
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/lib/includes b/lib/includes
index 92621ae..f2aae3c 100755
--- a/lib/includes
+++ b/lib/includes
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 [ -f /etc/default/bkctld ] && . /etc/default/bkctld
 
-VERSION="2.7.0"
+VERSION="2.9.0"
 
 LIBDIR=${LIBDIR:-/usr/lib/bkctld}
 CONFDIR="${CONFDIR:-/etc/evobackup}"