Prep for 3.0.0-rc9

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>tools.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-rc9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-rc9</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>tools.jackson.datatype</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatypes-misc-parent</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Modules:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+3.0.0-rc9 (05-Sep-2025)
 3.0.0-rc8 (13-Aug-2025)
 3.0.0-rc7 (08-Aug-2025)
 3.0.0-rc6 (18-Jul-2025)