diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a86036ef9bb..143412c50f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to
 [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## \[Unreleased\]
+## \[1.9.0\]
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/CREDITS.md b/CREDITS.md
index d526b1e9c78..6632de15eb2 100644
--- a/CREDITS.md
+++ b/CREDITS.md
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - Aaron O'Mullan <aaron.omullan@gmail.com>
 - Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>
 - acatangiu <adrian@parity.io>
+- Adam Jensen <adam@acj.sh>
 - Adam Leskis <leskis@gmail.com>
 - Adrian Catangiu <acatan@amazon.com>
 - Ahmed Abouzied <ahmedaabouzied44@gmail.com>
+- Akhil Mohan <akhilerm@gmail.com>
 - Alakesh <alakeshh@amazon.com>
 - Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>
 - Alex Chan <a.chan@wellcome.ac.uk>
@@ -39,12 +41,14 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - Andrei Casu-Pop <cpo@amazon.com>
 - Andrei Cipu <acipu@amazon.com>
 - Andrei Sandu <sandreim@amazon.com>
+- Andrew Yao <andr3wy@gmail.com>
 - Andrii Radyk <ander.ender@gmail.com>
 - andros21 <andrea.ros21@murena.io>
 - Angus McInnes <angus@amcinnes.info>
 - Arjun Ramachandrula <avrdev77@gmail.com>
 - Arun Gupta <arun.gupta@gmail.com>
 - Arunav Sanyal <Khalian@users.noreply.github.com>
+- Ashwin Ginoria <aginoria@amazon.com>
 - Atsushi Ishibashi <atsushi.ishibashi@finatext.com>
 - Aussie Schnore <aussiev123@yahoo.com>
 - Austin Vazquez <macedonv@amazon.com>
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - Bob Potter <bobby.potter@gmail.com>
 - Bogdan Ionita <bci@amazon.com>
 - Brandon Duffany <brandon@buildbuddy.io>
+- Brandon Pike <bpike@amazon.com>
 - Caleb Albers <7110138+CalebAlbers@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Cam Mannett <camden.mannett@protonmail.ch>
 - Carlos López <carlos.lopez@suse.com>
@@ -77,13 +82,18 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - Damien Stanton <damien.stanton@gmail.com>
 - Dan Horobeanu <dhr@amazon.com>
 - Dan Lemmond <d.j.lemmond@gmail.com>
+- David Michael <fedora.dm0@gmail.com>
+- David Nguyen <nguydavi@amazon.com>
 - David Son <davbson@amazon.com>
+- David Ventura <davidventura27@gmail.com>
 - Deepesh Pathak <deepshpathak@gmail.com>
 - defunct <defunct@defunct.io>
 - Denis Andrejew <da.colonel@gmail.com>
 - Derek Manwaring <derekmn@amazon.com>
 - Diana Popa <dpopa@amazon.com>
 - Dmitrii <dmitrii.ustiugov@epfl.ch>
+- Echo-Head-Wall <101990236+Echo-Head-Wall@users.noreply.github.com>
+- Eddie Cazares <Ecazares15@utexas.edu>
 - Eduard Kyvenko <eduard.kyvenko@gmail.com>
 - Egor Lazarchuk <yegorlz@amazon.co.uk>
 - EvanJP <evanp1999@gmail.com>
@@ -94,6 +104,7 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - Gabriel Ionescu <gbi@amazon.com>
 - Garrett Squire <garrettsquire@gmail.com>
 - George Pisaltu <gpl@amazon.com>
+- George Siton <geosit@amazon.com>
 - german gomez <germangb42@gmail.com>
 - Gilad Naaman <gilad@naaman.io>
 - Greg Dunn <gregdunn@amazon.com>
@@ -105,17 +116,22 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - hatf0 <harrison@0xcc.pw>
 - Henri Yandell <hyandell@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Hermes <hermes.espinola@gmail.com>
+- Himanshu Neema <himanshun.iitkgp@gmail.com>
 - HQ01 <qh384@nyu.edu>
 - Iggy Jackson <iggy@theiggy.com>
+- ihciah <ihciah@gmail.com>
 - Ioana Chirca <chioana@amazon.com>
 - Ishwor Gurung <me@ishworgurung.com>
 - Iulian Barbu <iul@amazon.com>
 - Ives van Hoorne <ives@codesandbox.io>
+- Jack Thomson <jackabt@amazon.co.uk>
+- James Curtis <jxcurtis@amazon.co.uk>
 - James Turnbull <james@lovedthanlost.net>
 - Javier Romero <xavinux@gmail.com>
 - Jeff Widman <jeff@jeffwidman.com>
 - Jerome Gravel-Niquet <jeromegn@gmail.com>
 - Jing Yang <k.jingyang@gmail.com>
+- joaoleal <devjoaoleal1006@gmail.com>
 - Joel Winarske <joel.winarske@linux.com>
 - jonas serrano <jonas.corp@gmail.com>
 - Jonathan Browne <12983479+JBYoshi@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -130,7 +146,9 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - KarthikVelayutham <karthik.velayutham@gmail.com>
 - Kazuyoshi Kato <katokazu@amazon.com>
 - keyangxie <keyang.xie@gmail.com>
+- Kornel <kornel@cloudflare.com>
 - Krishna Kumar T <krishna.thokala2010@gmail.com>
+- krk <keremkat@gmail.com>
 - kumargu <kumargu@amazon.com>
 - Laura Loghin <lauralg@amazon.com>
 - lifupan <lifupan@gmail.com>
@@ -149,8 +167,10 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - Marc Brooker <mbrooker@amazon.com>
 - Marco Cali <xmarcalx@amazon.co.uk>
 - Marco Vedovati <mvedovati@suse.com>
+- Markus Ziller <web+github@markusziller.de>
 - Masatoshi Higuchi <matt9ucci@gmail.com>
 - Massimiliano Torromeo <massimiliano.torromeo@gmail.com>
+- Matias Teragni <mteragni@amazon.com>
 - Matt Wilson <msw@amazon.com>
 - Matthew Schlebusch <schlebus@amazon.com>
 - Max Wittek <wimax@graplsecurity.com>
@@ -160,14 +180,19 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - Mihai Stan <stanmihai17cs@gmail.com>
 - milahu <milahu@gmail.com>
 - moricho <ikeda.morito@gmail.com>
+- Muki Kiboigo <muki@kiboigo.com>
+- Muskaan Singla <ec2-user@ip-172-31-1-28.us-west-2.compute.internal>
 - Narek Galstyan <narekg@berkeley.edu>
 - Nathan Hoang <nathanhoang5@gmail.com>
 - Nathan Sizemore <nathanrsizemore@gmail.com>
 - Nicolas Mesa <nicolasmesa@gmail.com>
+- NikeNano <niklas.sven.hansson@gmail.com>
 - Nikita Kalyazin <kalyazin@amazon.co.uk>
+- Nikita Zakirov <zakironi@amazon.com>
 - Nikolay Edigaryev <edigaryev@gmail.com>
 - Noah Meyerhans <nmeyerha@amazon.com>
 - not required <bertdeb@gmail.com>
+- one230six <723682061@qq.com>
 - Pablo Barbáchano <pablob@amazon.com>
 - Patrick Roy <roypat@amazon.co.uk>
 - Paweł Bęza <pawel.beza99@gmail.com>
@@ -185,6 +210,7 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - rares <raresgmihalcea@gmail.com>
 - razn <rezwele@gmail.com>
 - Ria <juthi_paul@utexas.edu>
+- Riccardo Mancini <mancio@amazon.com>
 - Richard Case <richard@weave.works>
 - Rob Devereux <robdevereux92@gmail.com>
 - Robert Grimes <rmzgrimes@gmail.com>
@@ -195,13 +221,17 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - Sam Jackson <sam@clique.app>
 - Samuel Knox <knoxsa@oregonstate.edu>
 - Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
+- ScmTble <ScmTble@qq.com>
+- seafoodfry <99568361+seafoodfry@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Sean Lavine <freewil@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Sebastien Boeuf <sebastien.boeuf@intel.com>
 - Serban Iorga <seriorga@amazon.com>
+- ShadowCurse <yegorlz@amazon.co.uk>
 - shakram02 <ahmedhamdyau@gmail.com>
 - Shen Jiale <shenjiale@baidu.com>
 - Shion Yamashita <shioyama1118@gmail.com>
 - singwm <singwm@amazon.com>
+- sladynnunes <snunes@usc.edu>
 - Sripracha <ramsri@amazon.com>
 - Stefan Nita <32079871+stefannita01@users.noreply.github.com>
 - StemCll <lydjotj6f@mozmail.com>
@@ -216,7 +246,7 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - timvisee <tim@visee.me>
 - Tobias Pfandzelter <pfandzelter@campus.tu-berlin.de>
 - Tomas Valenta <valenta.and.thomas@gmail.com>
-- Tomoya <iwata.tomoya@classmethod.jp>
+- Tomoya Iwata <iwata.tomoya@classmethod.jp>
 - Trăistaru Andrei Cristian <atc@amazon.com>
 - Tyler Anton <tyler@debian.anton>
 - Urvil Patel <patelurvil38@gmail.com>
@@ -228,6 +258,7 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - William Hammond <william.t.hammond@gmail.com>
 - wllenyj <wllenyj@linux.alibaba.com>
 - wt-l00 <ei13suke@gmail.com>
+- Xiangpeng Hao <haoxiangpeng123@gmail.com>
 - xibz <impactbchang@gmail.com>
 - xiekeyang <keyang.xie@gmail.com>
 - Ye Sijun <junnplus@gmail.com>
@@ -236,6 +267,7 @@ Contributors to the Firecracker repository:
 - YUAN LYU <lyuyuan92@gmail.com>
 - Yuval Kohavi <yuval.kohavi@gmail.com>
 - Yılmaz ŞEN <yilmazsen94@gmail.com>
+- Zhenyu Qi <qzydustin@hotmail.com>
 - Zi Shen Lim <zlim.lnx@gmail.com>
 - Zicklag <zicklag@katharostech.com>
 - Дамјан Георгиевски <gdamjan@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 88c68aeb917..314a94ba58f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6d36fc52c7f6c869915e99412912f22093507da8d9e942ceaf66fe4b7c14422a"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5bf74e1b6e971609db8ca7a9ce79fd5768ab6ae46441c572e46cf596f59e57f8"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "cexpr",
  "clang-sys",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "lazy_static",
  "lazycell",
  "log",
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ checksum = "d3fd119d74b830634cea2a0f58bbd0d54540518a14397557951e79340abc28c0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cpu-template-helper"
-version = "1.9.0-dev"
+version = "1.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "displaydoc",
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "534c5cf6194dfab3db3242765c03bbe257cf92f22b38f6bc0c58d59108a820ba"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "firecracker"
-version = "1.9.0-dev"
+version = "1.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "cargo_toml",
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ version = "0.5.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3d1354bf6b7235cb4a0576c2619fd4ed18183f689b12b006a0ee7329eeff9a5"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -708,9 +708,9 @@ checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "93ead53efc7ea8ed3cfb0c79fc8023fbb782a5432b52830b6518941cebe6505c"
+checksum = "68b900aa2f7301e21c36462b170ee99994de34dff39a4a6a528e80e7376d07e5"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ checksum = "261f68e344040fbd0edea105bef17c66edf46f984ddb1115b775ce31be948f4b"
 dependencies = [
  "hermit-abi",
  "libc",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -751,6 +751,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba291022dbbd398a455acf126c1e341954079855bc60dfdda641363bd6922569"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -768,7 +777,7 @@ checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jailer"
-version = "1.9.0-dev"
+version = "1.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log-instrument",
@@ -1101,7 +1110,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rebase-snap"
-version = "1.9.0-dev"
+version = "1.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "libc",
@@ -1147,15 +1156,15 @@ checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.34"
+version = "0.38.35"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "70dc5ec042f7a43c4a73241207cecc9873a06d45debb38b329f8541d85c2730f"
+checksum = "a85d50532239da68e9addb745ba38ff4612a242c1c7ceea689c4bc7c2f43c36f"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1175,7 +1184,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "seccompiler"
-version = "1.9.0-dev"
+version = "1.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "displaydoc",
@@ -1260,7 +1269,7 @@ checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "snapshot-editor"
-version = "1.9.0-dev"
+version = "1.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "clap-num",
@@ -1287,9 +1296,9 @@ checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.76"
+version = "2.0.77"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "578e081a14e0cefc3279b0472138c513f37b41a08d5a3cca9b6e4e8ceb6cd525"
+checksum = "9f35bcdf61fd8e7be6caf75f429fdca8beb3ed76584befb503b1569faee373ed"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1622,7 +1631,7 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf221c93e13a30d793f7645a0e7762c55d169dbb0a49671918a2319d289b10bb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1640,6 +1649,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.59.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.52.6"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2045853a900..1026961232c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ We test all combinations of:
 | :-------- | :---------------- | :----------- | :----------- |
 | c5n.metal | al2    linux_5.10 | ubuntu 22.04 | linux_4.14   |
 | m5n.metal | al2023 linux_6.1  |              | linux_5.10   |
-| m6i.metal |                   |              |              |
+| m6i.metal |                   |              | linux_6.1    |
 | m6a.metal |                   |              |              |
 | m6g.metal |                   |              |              |
 | m7g.metal |                   |              |              |
diff --git a/src/cpu-template-helper/Cargo.toml b/src/cpu-template-helper/Cargo.toml
index 7339e39fe7b..e47a9e09fd5 100644
--- a/src/cpu-template-helper/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/cpu-template-helper/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cpu-template-helper"
-version = "1.9.0-dev"
+version = "1.9.0"
 authors = ["Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/firecracker/Cargo.toml b/src/firecracker/Cargo.toml
index 951c988a8a6..92a48557556 100644
--- a/src/firecracker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/firecracker/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "firecracker"
-version = "1.9.0-dev"
+version = "1.9.0"
 authors = ["Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 build = "build.rs"
diff --git a/src/firecracker/swagger/firecracker.yaml b/src/firecracker/swagger/firecracker.yaml
index d03584d8c0d..ac580c12703 100644
--- a/src/firecracker/swagger/firecracker.yaml
+++ b/src/firecracker/swagger/firecracker.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ info:
     The API is accessible through HTTP calls on specific URLs
     carrying JSON modeled data.
     The transport medium is a Unix Domain Socket.
-  version: 1.9.0-dev
+  version: 1.9.0
   termsOfService: ""
   contact:
     email: "compute-capsule@amazon.com"
diff --git a/src/jailer/Cargo.toml b/src/jailer/Cargo.toml
index dea4d159916..f071907c363 100644
--- a/src/jailer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/jailer/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "jailer"
-version = "1.9.0-dev"
+version = "1.9.0"
 authors = ["Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Process for starting Firecracker in production scenarios; applies a cgroup/namespace isolation barrier and then drops privileges."
diff --git a/src/rebase-snap/Cargo.toml b/src/rebase-snap/Cargo.toml
index 31c5757fbcd..da81d94cbfb 100644
--- a/src/rebase-snap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/rebase-snap/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rebase-snap"
-version = "1.9.0-dev"
+version = "1.9.0"
 authors = ["Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/seccompiler/Cargo.toml b/src/seccompiler/Cargo.toml
index 8fad411ca6d..713018fd019 100644
--- a/src/seccompiler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/seccompiler/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "seccompiler"
-version = "1.9.0-dev"
+version = "1.9.0"
 authors = ["Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Program that compiles multi-threaded seccomp-bpf filters expressed as JSON into raw BPF programs, serializing them and outputting them to a file."
diff --git a/src/snapshot-editor/Cargo.toml b/src/snapshot-editor/Cargo.toml
index 6a0c1297ca0..ccb79017821 100644
--- a/src/snapshot-editor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/snapshot-editor/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "snapshot-editor"
-version = "1.9.0-dev"
+version = "1.9.0"
 authors = ["Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"