diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f6313183..0f66104bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
+## v0.0.9
+### What's Changed
+The release is in principle same as v0.0.8 with following changes: LAMMPS is now pinned to a stable release (`stable_29Aug2024_update1`):
+* Pin lammps ci and in Docs by @naik-aakash in https://github.com/autoatml/autoplex/pull/277
+* Update devcontainer.json version tag by @JaGeo in https://github.com/autoatml/autoplex/pull/276
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/autoatml/autoplex/compare/v0.0.8...v0.0.9
+
 ## v0.0.8
 ### What's Changed
 * Update devcontainer.json version tag by @JaGeo in https://github.com/autoatml/autoplex/pull/253
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4c8160769..2030ff999 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["high-throughput", "automated", "mlpotential"]
 license = { text = "GPL-3.0 license" }
 authors = [{ name = "Janine George", email = "janine.george@bam.de" }]
-version = "0.0.8"
+version = "0.0.9"
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",