diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4a85c365..6e8ba6ed 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+Version 2.0.9 (2022-02-09)
+ o BGP: Flowspec validation procedure
+ o Babel: MAC authentication support
+ o Routing table configuration blocks
+ o Optional prefix trie in routing table for faster LPM/interval queries
+ o CLI: New 'show route in <prefix>' command
+ o Filter: Faster (16-way) prefix sets
+ o Filter: MPLS label route attribute
+ o Filter: Operators to pick community components
+ o Filter: Operators to find minimum and maximum element of lists
+ o BGP: New 'free bind' option
+ o BGP: Log route updates that were changed to withdraws
+ o BGP: Improved 'invalid next hop' error reporting
+ o OSPF: Allow ifaces with host address as unnumbered PtP or PtMP ifaces
+ o OSPF: All packets on PtP networks should be sent to AllSPFRouters address
+ o Scripts for apkg-powered upstream packaging for deb and rpm
+ o Support for Blake2s and Blake2b hash functions
+ o Security keys / passwords can be entered in hexadecimal digits
+ o Memory statistics split into Effective and Overhead
+ o Linux: New option 'netlink rx buffer' to specify netlink socket buffer size
+ o BSD: Assume onlink flag on ifaces with only host addresses
+
+ Notes:
+
+ For OSPF on PtP network, BIRD now sends all packets to multicast AllSPFRouters
+ address (as required in RFC 2328 8.1). This likely breaks setups with multiple
+ neighbors on a network configured as PtP, which worked in previous versions.
+ Such links should be configured as PtMP.
+
+
 Version 2.0.8 (2021-03-18)
   o Automatic channel reloads based on RPKI changes
   o Multiple static routes with the same network
diff --git a/misc/bird.spec b/misc/bird.spec
index 26b43011..425a6340 100644
--- a/misc/bird.spec
+++ b/misc/bird.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: BIRD Internet Routing Daemon
 Name: bird
-Version: 2.0.8
+Version: 2.0.9
 Release: 1
 Copyright: GPL
 Group: Networking/Daemons
diff --git a/sysdep/config.h b/sysdep/config.h
index 55be90f0..b0531844 100644
--- a/sysdep/config.h
+++ b/sysdep/config.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #ifdef GIT_LABEL
 #define BIRD_VERSION XSTR1(GIT_LABEL)
 #else
-#define BIRD_VERSION "2.0.8"
+#define BIRD_VERSION "2.0.9"
 #endif
 
 /* Include parameters determined by configure script */