diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d051492d6..94b19553a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,21 @@ A raw git diff can be seen [here][unreleased].
 
 <!--next-->
 
+## [5.9.0] 2024-10-03
+
+### Feature
+
+- [#1945](https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/pull/1945) by rkm. Add a publish timeout backoff mechanism to ProducerModel, allowing control over message publishing timeout behaviour. This can be enabled by setting `BackoffProviderType` in any `ProducerOptions` config. Currently implemented types are:
+
+  - StaticBackoffProvider (1 minute flat timeout)
+  - ExponentialBackoffProvider (1 minute initial, doubling after each timeout)
+
+- [#1952](https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/pull/1952) by rkm. Enable pausing of message publishing based on monitoring downstream queue message count
+
+### Bugfix
+
+- [#1954](https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/pull/1954) by rkm. Fix program names in MessageHeader and logging setup
+
 ## [5.8.0] 2024-09-19
 
 ### Feature
@@ -1415,4 +1430,5 @@ First stable release after importing the repository from the private
 [5.7.1]: https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/compare/v5.7.0...v5.7.1
 [5.7.2]: https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/compare/v5.7.1...v5.7.2
 [5.8.0]: https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/compare/v5.7.2...v5.8.0
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/compare/v5.8.0...main
+[5.9.0]: https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/compare/v5.8.0...v5.9.0
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/SMI/SmiServices/compare/v5.9.0...main
diff --git a/SharedAssemblyInfo.cs b/SharedAssemblyInfo.cs
index 72b56c49d..d1d1d47a3 100644
--- a/SharedAssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/SharedAssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
 
 // These should be overwritten by release builds
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("5.8.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("5.8.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("5.8.0")] // This one can have the extra build info after it
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("5.9.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("5.9.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("5.9.0")] // This one can have the extra build info after it
diff --git a/news/1945-feature.md b/news/1945-feature.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e1d1f97d5..000000000
--- a/news/1945-feature.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Add a publish timeout backoff mechanism to ProducerModel, allowing control over message publishing timeout behaviour. This can be enabled by setting `BackoffProviderType` in any `ProducerOptions` config. Currently implemented types are:
-
-- StaticBackoffProvider (1 minute flat timeout)
-- ExponentialBackoffProvider (1 minute initial, doubling after each timeout)
diff --git a/news/1952-feature.md b/news/1952-feature.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 42283fe82..000000000
--- a/news/1952-feature.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Enable pausing of message publishing based on monitoring downstream queue message count
diff --git a/news/1954-bugfix.md b/news/1954-bugfix.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b1c972382..000000000
--- a/news/1954-bugfix.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix program names in MessageHeader and logging setup