diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 7d610f23..16f241bc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog for zest.releaser
 ===========================
 
-9.0.0a2 (unreleased)
+9.0.0a2 (2023-07-19)
 --------------------
 
 - Ignore error output when calling `build`.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a7b6babf..c44dbbb9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "zest.releaser"
-version = "9.0.0a2.dev0"
+version = "9.0.0a2"
 description = "Software releasing made easy and repeatable"
 license = {text = "GPL"}
 authors = [