diff --git a/version/description b/version/description
index 9eff44c8..d232de3c 100644
--- a/version/description
+++ b/version/description
@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
-v0.8.0
+v0.9.0
+Release a macvtap-cni whose device-plugin implementation
+works for Kubernetes-1.25.
 
-Mainly bumps golang to 1.17, and updates the Kubernetes dependencies to 1.23.
-
-Features:
-* build: update k8s dependencies to 1.23.6
-* ci: use golang-1.17
-* build: use a golang 1.17 builder img
-* build: bump to golang 1.17
-* podman: Use quay full image name
-* cluster-up: Use k8s-1.23
 Bugs:
-* ci: ensure manifests are in synch with the templates
-* deployment: synchronize the SCC manifest w/ the template
-* config, scc: add volume parameter
+* device-plugin, k8s-1.25: consume 1.19.3
+* build: address dependabots concerns in the gopkg.in/yaml.v3 module
 ```
-docker pull quay.io/kubevirt/macvtap-cni:v0.8.0
+docker pull quay.io/kubevirt/macvtap-cni:v0.9.0
 ```
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 6bb59761..f5139712 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package version
 
 var (
-	Version = "0.8.0"
+	Version = "0.9.0"
 )