diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2c0ebac5..b1e7ef60 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ask CVS about it:
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.9.0 (2004????)
+2.9.0 (20041228)
   NOTE: Requires i2c-2.9.0 or newer!
   File README.thinkpad: Update
   File doc/chips/it87: Cleanups
diff --git a/lm_sensors.lsm b/lm_sensors.lsm
index f035a118..101d1493 100644
--- a/lm_sensors.lsm
+++ b/lm_sensors.lsm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Begin3
 Title: lm_sensors
-Version: 2.8.8
+Version: 2.9.0
 Entered-date: 29DEC98
 Description: Hardware health monitoring package for Linux. It consists of 
              kernel modules to access sensor chips and SMBus hardware,
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index da49f148..02871ee6 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#define LM_DATE "2004????"
-#define LM_VERSION "2.9.0-CVS"
+#define LM_DATE "20041228"
+#define LM_VERSION "2.9.0"