diff --git a/doc/software-manual.pdf b/doc/software-manual.pdf
index f5e228c5d51fc520377531994ea111853b0cb95b..b526aa7d61ddc59d61156ddd7d3564eb42b58fc2 100644
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diff --git a/doc/software-manual.tex b/doc/software-manual.tex
index 83605ad68c82282dc25a8df91de180dd814e91ce..14d26574e17259e13132caf8d15b5f8ea397772e 100644
--- a/doc/software-manual.tex
+++ b/doc/software-manual.tex
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fontsize=\footnotesize}
 \maketitle
 \begin{abstract}
 This document is a user manual describing usage of the VTM reference software
-for the VVC project. It applies to version 8.1 of the software.
+for the VVC project. It applies to version 9.0 of the software.
 \end{abstract}
 
 \tableofcontents
diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
index fb62c8571781c99afef5064019132fb7f7117ce3..96b9dd70defdd04df8d5fad6bf3d2f03ff115469 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #if ! defined( VTM_VERSION )
-#define VTM_VERSION "9.0rc1"
+#define VTM_VERSION "9.0"
 #endif