diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fdc3656d5e733993823d60f4903504ed682d2ae0..114f5faa40201a5da68999d89b312ddf6333ce84 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2015-02-24, v0.9rc1
+	* Add Linux syspreps for disabling the IPv6 privacy extensions and for
+	  changing the boot timeout
+	* Add support for syslinux
+	* Add support for outputting to syslog
+	* Fix bugs
+
 2015-02-05, v0.8.1
 	* Fix a bug in the wizard that terminated the program unexpectedly
 
diff --git a/image_creator/version.py b/image_creator/version.py
index 1ade12facee7b0d4a96c002131aa0c0536d46b2b..b96fc37d1d633417df7eb6cbe6e50d77a95d1c4c 100644
--- a/image_creator/version.py
+++ b/image_creator/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
-__version__ = "0.8.1next"
+__version__ = "0.9rc1"
 __version_vcs_info__ = {
-    'branch': 'hotfix-0.8.1',
-    'revid': '27ddd5e',
-    'revno': 657}
+    'branch': 'release-0.9',
+    'revid': '516f525',
+    'revno': 681}
 __version_user_email__ = "skalkoto@grnet.gr"
 __version_user_name__ = "Nikos Skalkotos"