diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9e67e12..6db3039 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.8.16"
+    ".": "0.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3bcf68e..42a61c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ Do not hand-edit released sections — release-please regenerates them from the
 
 <!-- release-please starts maintaining content below this comment. -->
 
+## [0.9.0](https://github.com/Alpaq92/MenYou/compare/v0.8.16...v0.9.0) (2026-07-11)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Release-As must ride a top-level commit message, not a squash bullet ([#76](https://github.com/Alpaq92/MenYou/issues/76)) ([24c43ab](https://github.com/Alpaq92/MenYou/commit/24c43ab29f0f5cc303b5843110fe3e978c45cec3))
+
 ## [0.8.16](https://github.com/Alpaq92/MenYou/compare/v0.8.15...v0.8.16) (2026-07-11)
 
 
diff --git a/src/MenYou/MenYou.csproj b/src/MenYou/MenYou.csproj
index 4c574ce..fe295d7 100644
--- a/src/MenYou/MenYou.csproj
+++ b/src/MenYou/MenYou.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <!-- Baked into the assembly so the app can self-report its version (shown
          next to the About button). release-please bumps this on each release
          via the generic updater in release-please-config.json. -->
-    <Version>0.8.16</Version> <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+    <Version>0.9.0</Version> <!-- x-release-please-version -->
     <UseWindowsForms>false</UseWindowsForms>
     <UseWPF>false</UseWPF>
     <EnableDefaultAvaloniaItems>true</EnableDefaultAvaloniaItems>