diff --git a/turtlesim/CHANGELOG.rst b/turtlesim/CHANGELOG.rst
index 6880cfca..f840e90a 100644
--- a/turtlesim/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/turtlesim/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changelog for package turtlesim
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Forthcoming
------------
+1.9.0 (2024-04-26)
+------------------
 
 1.8.2 (2024-03-28)
 ------------------
diff --git a/turtlesim/package.xml b/turtlesim/package.xml
index bd16a2de..c7908313 100644
--- a/turtlesim/package.xml
+++ b/turtlesim/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
   <name>turtlesim</name>
-  <version>1.8.2</version>
+  <version>1.9.0</version>
   <description>
     turtlesim is a tool made for teaching ROS and ROS packages.
   </description>