diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index db06367e..07c97932 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+### Version 0.0.8
+
+#### Bug fixes
+
+* [fix(release)](https://github.com/modflowpy/flopy/commit/b62547bd607f9a0d3a78be61d16976bf406151f5): Exclude intermediate changelog (#28). Committed by w-bonelli on 2022-12-28.
+* [fix(fixtures)](https://github.com/modflowpy/flopy/commit/a2d4b9210db532f12cf87ae5d26582d1ed446463): Fix example_scenario fixture loading (#30). Committed by w-bonelli on 2022-12-29.
+
 ### Version 0.0.7
 
 #### Refactoring
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b47c89ca..a5407018 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MODFLOW developer tools
 
-### Version 0.0.8 — release candidate
+### Version 0.0.9 — release candidate
 [![GitHub tag](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/MODFLOW-USGS/modflow-devtools.svg)](https://github.com/MODFLOW-USGS/modflow-devtools/tags/latest)
 [![PyPI Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/modflow-devtools.png)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/modflow-devtools)
 [![PyPI Versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/modflow-devtools.png)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/modflow-devtools)
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index c1738d98..a749c93a 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 project = 'modflow-devtools'
 author = 'MODFLOW Team'
-release = '0.0.8'
+release = 0.0.9
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
diff --git a/modflow_devtools/__init__.py b/modflow_devtools/__init__.py
index 7ae4cadf..5a2d6a6c 100644
--- a/modflow_devtools/__init__.py
+++ b/modflow_devtools/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 __author__ = "Joseph D. Hughes"
-__date__ = "Dec 28, 2022"
-__version__ = "0.0.8"
+__date__ = "Dec 29, 2022"
+__version__ = "0.0.9"
 __maintainer__ = "Joseph D. Hughes"
 __email__ = "jdhughes@usgs.gov"
 __status__ = "Production"
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 7d6b3eb3..429d94ae 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.8
\ No newline at end of file
+0.0.9
\ No newline at end of file