diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a74cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+##Release Notes and News
+
+**Note:** For upgrade instructions please refer to [this page](/resources/upgrade/).
+
+###v0.9.5 
+
+October 14th, 2015 | [Release Notes](https://github.com/PredictionIO/PredictionIO/blob/master/RELEASE.md) have been moved to Github and you are reading them. For a detailed list of commits check [this page](https://github.com/PredictionIO/PredictionIO/commits/master)
+
+- Support batches of events sent to the EventServer as json arrays
+- Support creating an Elasticsearch StorageClient created for an Elasticsearch cluster from variables in pio-env.sh
+- Fixed some errors installing PredictionIO through install.sh when SBT was not correctly downloaded
+
+###v0.9.4
+
+July 16th, 2015 | [Release Notes](https://predictionio.atlassian.net/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13700)
+
+- Support event permissions with different access keys at the Event Server interface
+- Support detection of 3rd party Apache Spark distributions
+- Support running `pio eval` without `engine.json`
+- Fix an issue where `--verbose` is not handled properly by `pio train`
+
+###v0.9.3
+
+May 20th, 2015 | [Release Notes](https://predictionio.atlassian.net/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13600)
+
+- Add support of developing prediction engines in Java
+- Add support of PostgreSQL and MySQL
+- Spark 1.3.1 compatibility fix
+- Creation of specific app access keys
+- Prevent a case where `pio build` accidentally removes PredictionIO core library
+
+###v0.9.2
+
+April 14th, 2015 | [Release Notes](https://predictionio.atlassian.net/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13500)
+
+- Channels in the Event Server
+- Spark 1.3+ support (upgrade to Spark 1.3+ required)
+- [Webhook Connector](http://docs.prediction.io/community/contribute-webhook/) support
+- Engine and Event Servers now by default bind to 0.0.0.0
+- Many documentation improvements
+
+###v0.9.1
+
+March 17th, 2015 | [Releaes Notes](https://predictionio.atlassian.net/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13401)
+
+- Improved `pio-start-all`
+- Fixed a bug where `pio build` failed to set PredictionIO dependency version for engine templates
+
+###v0.9.0
+
+March 4th, 2015 | [Release Notes](https://predictionio.atlassian.net/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13400)
+
+- [E-Commerce Recommendation Template](http://templates.prediction.io/PredictionIO/template-scala-parallel-ecommercerecommendation) which includes 1) out-of-stock items support 2) new user recommendation 3) unseen items only
+- [Complementary Purchase Template](http://templates.prediction.io/PredictionIO/template-scala-parallel-complementarypurchase) for shopping cart recommendation
+- [Lead Scoring Template](http://templates.prediction.io/PredictionIO/template-scala-parallel-leadscoring) predicts the probability of an user will convert in the current session
+- `pio-start-all`, `pio-stop-all` commands to start and stop all PredictionIO related services
+
+###v0.8.6
+
+Feb 10th, 2015 | [Release Notes](https://predictionio.atlassian.net/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13300)
+
+- New engine template - [Product Ranking](/templates/productranking/quickstart/) for personalized product listing
+- [CloudFormation deployment](/system/deploy-cloudformation/) available
diff --git a/bin/install.sh b/bin/install.sh
index f54aac3..3d8ca60 100755
--- a/bin/install.sh
+++ b/bin/install.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # License: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 OS=`uname`
-PIO_VERSION=0.9.4
+PIO_VERSION=0.9.5
 SPARK_VERSION=1.4.1
 ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION=1.4.4
 HBASE_VERSION=1.0.0
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 787ac3b..25ccaa9 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 name := "pio"
 
-version in ThisBuild := "0.9.5-SNAPSHOT"
+version in ThisBuild := "0.9.5"
 
 organization in ThisBuild := "io.prediction"
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/source/index.html.md.erb b/docs/manual/source/index.html.md.erb
index eb5c41d..3370443 100644
--- a/docs/manual/source/index.html.md.erb
+++ b/docs/manual/source/index.html.md.erb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 ## Release Notes
 
-A summary of the changes in each release in the current series can now be found on the separate [Release Notes](/release-notes) page
+A summary of the changes in each release in the current series are on Github [here](https://github.com/PredictionIO/PredictionIO/blob/master/RELEASE.md)
 
 ## Licensing
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/source/release-notes.html.md b/docs/manual/source/release-notes.html.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 693879f..0000000
--- a/docs/manual/source/release-notes.html.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Release Notes and News
----
-
-INFO: For upgrade instructions please refer to [this page](/resources/upgrade/).
-
-### What's New
-
-0.9.4 Release | July 16th, 2015 | [Release Notes](https://predictionio.atlassian.net/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13700)
-
-- Support event permissions with different access keys at the Event Server interface
-
-- Support detection of 3rd party Apache Spark distributions
-
-- Support running `pio eval` without `engine.json`
-
-- Fix an issue where `--verbose` is not handled properly by `pio train`
-
-0.9.3 Release | May 20th, 2015 | [Release Notes](https://predictionio.atlassian.net/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13600)
-
-- Add support of developing prediction engines in Java
-
-- Add support of PostgreSQL and MySQL
-
-- Spark 1.3.1 compatibility fix
-
-- Creation of specific app access keys
-
-- Prevent a case where `pio build` accidentally removes PredictionIO core library
-
-0.9.2 Release | April 14th, 2015 | [Release Notes](https://predictionio.atlassian.net/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13500)
-
-- Channels in the Event Server
-
-- Spark 1.3+ support (upgrade to Spark 1.3+ required)
-
-- [Webhook Connector](http://docs.prediction.io/community/contribute-webhook/) support
-
-- Engine and Event Servers now by default bind to 0.0.0.0
-
-- Many documentation improvements
-
-0.9.1 Release | March 17th, 2015 | [Releaes Notes](https://predictionio.atlassian.net/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13401)
-
-- Improved `pio-start-all`
-
-- Fixed a bug where `pio build` failed to set PredictionIO dependency version for engine templates
-
-0.9.0 Release | March 4th, 2015 | [Release Notes](https://predictionio.atlassian.net/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13400)
-
-- [E-Commerce Recommendation Template](http://templates.prediction.io/PredictionIO/template-scala-parallel-ecommercerecommendation) which includes 1) out-of-stock items support 2) new user recommendation 3) unseen items only
-
-- [Complementary Purchase Template](http://templates.prediction.io/PredictionIO/template-scala-parallel-complementarypurchase) for shopping cart recommendation
-
-- [Lead Scoring Template](http://templates.prediction.io/PredictionIO/template-scala-parallel-leadscoring) predicts the probability of an user will convert in the current session
-
-- `pio-start-all`, `pio-stop-all` commands to start and stop all PredictionIO related services
-
-0.8.6 | Feb 10th, 2015 | [Release Notes](https://predictionio.atlassian.net/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=13300)
-
-- New engine template - [Product Ranking](/templates/productranking/quickstart/) for personalized product listing
-
-- [CloudFormation deployment](/system/deploy-cloudformation/) available
diff --git a/examples/experimental/scala-cleanup-app/build.sbt b/examples/experimental/scala-cleanup-app/build.sbt
index dc87bee..7788d35 100644
--- a/examples/experimental/scala-cleanup-app/build.sbt
+++ b/examples/experimental/scala-cleanup-app/build.sbt
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 organization := "io.prediction"
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-  "io.prediction"    %% "core"          % "0.9.4-SNAPSHOT" % "provided",
+  "io.prediction"    %% "core"          % "0.9.5" % "provided",
   "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-core"    % "1.3.1" % "provided",
   "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-mllib"   % "1.3.1" % "provided")