From 01077998c7b89449717e2ca34040f7694e2fcb8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shubham Tiwari <stiwari@twilio.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 17:57:12 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] chore: updated changelogs for rc-branch

---
 CHANGES.md |  4 ++++
 UPGRADE.md | 10 ++++++++++
 setup.py   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 12b45c6b0..3054ab196 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ twilio-python Changelog
 
 Here you can see the full list of changes between each twilio-python release.
 
+[2023-12-06] Version 9.0.0-rc.0
+---------------------------
+- Release Candidate preparation
+
 [2023-11-17] Version 8.10.2
 ---------------------------
 **Library - Chore**
diff --git a/UPGRADE.md b/UPGRADE.md
index 79bdb48cc..4bf1602c6 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.md
+++ b/UPGRADE.md
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 _`MAJOR` version bumps will have upgrade notes
 posted here._
 
+## [2023-12-06] 8.x.x to 9.x.x-rc.x
+
+---
+### Overview
+
+#### Twilio Python Helper Library’s major version 9.0.0-rc.x is now available. We ensured that you can upgrade to Python helper Library 9.0.0-rc.x version without any breaking changes
+
+Support for JSON payloads has been added in the request body
+
+
 ## [2023-04-05] 7.x.x to 8.x.x
 
 - **Supported Python versions updated**
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0c3f8983a..0ac07a566 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="twilio",
-    version="8.10.2",
+    version="9.0.0-rc",
     description="Twilio API client and TwiML generator",
     author="Twilio",
     help_center="https://www.twilio.com/help/contact",