diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d2c0e25..4e31b769 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+## [v2.9.0](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v2.9.0) - 2024-12-09
+
+### Feature
+
+* Expose new hybrid chunker, update docs ([#384](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/384)) ([`c8ecdd9`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/c8ecdd987e80227db3850ea729ecb36d2b609040))
+* **MS Word backend:** Make detection of headers and other styles localization agnostic ([#534](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/534)) ([`3e073df`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/3e073dfbebbc65f995d4df946c1650699a26782c))
+
+### Fix
+
+* Correcting DefaultText ID for MS Word backend ([#537](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/537)) ([`eb7ffcd`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/eb7ffcdd1cda1caa8ec8ba2fc313ff1e7d9acd4f))
+* Add `py.typed` marker file ([#531](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/531)) ([`9102fe1`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/9102fe1adcd43432e5fb3f35af704b7442c5d633))
+* Enable HTML export in CLI and add options for image mode ([#513](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/513)) ([`0d11e30`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/0d11e30dd813020c0189de849cd7b2e285d08694))
+* Missing text in docx (t tag) when embedded in a table ([#528](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/528)) ([`b730b2d`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/b730b2d7a04a8773a00ed88889d28b0c476ba052))
+* Restore pydantic version pin after fixes ([#512](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/512)) ([`c830b92`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/c830b92b2e043ea63d216f65b3f9d88d2a8c33f7))
+* Folder input in cli ([#511](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/511)) ([`8ada0bc`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/8ada0bccc744df94f755adf71cf8b163e6304375))
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Document new integrations ([#532](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/532)) ([`e780333`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/e7803334409a343a59c536c529a03d6f5cdbfe15))
+
 ## [v2.8.3](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v2.8.3) - 2024-12-03
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d0b2a3fc..03edc00e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "docling"
-version = "2.8.3"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
+version = "2.9.0"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
 description = "SDK and CLI for parsing PDF, DOCX, HTML, and more, to a unified document representation for powering downstream workflows such as gen AI applications."
 authors = ["Christoph Auer <cau@zurich.ibm.com>", "Michele Dolfi <dol@zurich.ibm.com>", "Maxim Lysak <mly@zurich.ibm.com>", "Nikos Livathinos <nli@zurich.ibm.com>", "Ahmed Nassar <ahn@zurich.ibm.com>", "Panos Vagenas <pva@zurich.ibm.com>", "Peter Staar <taa@zurich.ibm.com>"]
 license = "MIT"