Apache Mynewt 1.9.0 release
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 9650c83..4e3cdb5 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # RELEASE NOTES
 
-18 March 2020 - Apache Newt v1.8.0
+24 March 2021 - Apache Newt v1.9.0
 
 For full release notes, please visit the
 [Apache Mynewt Wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MYNEWT/Release+Notes).
diff --git a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
index 9493931..f425fda 100644
--- a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
+++ b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/util"
 )
 
-var NewtVersion = Version{1, 8, 9900}
-var NewtVersionStr = "1.9.0-dev"
+var NewtVersion = Version{1, 9, 9900}
+var NewtVersionStr = "1.10.0-dev"
 var NewtGitHash = "unknown"
 var NewtDate = "unknown"