diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 37f885e..c52706d 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    http://commons.apache.org/commons-build-plugin/
 
 
-VERSION 1.9 - 2018-05-DD
+VERSION 1.9 - 2018-06-16
 ------------------------
 
 Changes since the last release:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca77fed..ef7abe7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>commons-build-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-  <version>1.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9</version>
   <name>Apache Commons Build Plugin Maven Mojo</name>
   <description>
     Apache Maven Mojo for Apache Commons Build tasks.
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 3b89678..496cb77 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
 
   <body>
-    <release version="1.9" date="2018-MM-DD" description="Feature release">
+    <release version="1.9" date="2018-06-16" description="Feature release">
       <action dev="ggregory" type="fix">
         Fix in src/main/resources/commons-xdoc-templates/readme-md-template.md for components that have a major version number in their artifact IDs.
       </action>