diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dab933142..20519e167 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [0.9.0](https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator/compare/v0.8.0...v0.9.0) (2019-06-04)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Added --config option, adding support for explicit config file ([ab6bcc2](https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator/commit/ab6bcc2))
+
 # [0.8.0](https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2019-05-31)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3c1d05ae6..63d5f5509 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-openapi-validator",
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.9.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67dc0c6dc..c1b0d3065 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-openapi-validator",
   "description": "Configurable and extensible validator/linter for OpenAPI documents",
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.9.0",
   "main": "src/lib/index.js",
   "repository": "https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",