Release v2.9
diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 90292c6..9ce343b 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 History
 -------
 
-2.9 (2020-02-xx)
+2.9 (2020-02-16)
 ++++++++++++++++
 
 - Update to Unicode 12.1.0.
diff --git a/idna/package_data.py b/idna/package_data.py
index 257e898..b5d8216 100644
--- a/idna/package_data.py
+++ b/idna/package_data.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '2.8'
+__version__ = '2.9'