diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 30510bc153dffa4632ceecb4f7c6b610e50fa06c..bd4e7d97154b4f6f020c58d84e529438489395d8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Version 9.0
+    - implement user's customizable --about dialog
+    - fix passing focus to children in notebook and paned dialogs
+    - add --stack mode to notebook dialog
+    - add --focused option to paned dialog for selectin focused pane
+    - don't vertically expand entry in entry dialog
+    - fix setting splitter position in paned dialog
+    - add --wk-prop to html dialog and made js output enabled by default
+    - add yad-tools utility instead fo pfd. pfd now is a wrapper script (just for backward compatibility)
+    - add --align-buttons option for aligning labels on button fields in form dialog
+
 Version 8.0
     - add --text-width option for more flexible wrapping long strings in dialog text
     - handle URIs in dialog text
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b2dbc1f6d1be69563e6db1c308ed7b85f9228952..b525cce8eb6702430ff9b296d62d6f14a37643e8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([YAD], [8.90], [https://github.com/v1cont/yad/issues/], yad, [https://github.com/v1cont/yad/])
+AC_INIT([YAD], [9.0], [https://github.com/v1cont/yad/issues/], yad, [https://github.com/v1cont/yad/])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign dist-xz no-dist-gzip])