diff --git a/ask-sdk-apache-client/pom.xml b/ask-sdk-apache-client/pom.xml
index aacef029..fcae2846 100644
--- a/ask-sdk-apache-client/pom.xml
+++ b/ask-sdk-apache-client/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
     <artifactId>ask-sdk-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1</version>
+    <version>2.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
   <artifactId>ask-sdk-apache-client</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>2.8.1</version>
+  <version>2.9.0</version>
   <name>ASK SDK for Java Apache API Client</name>
   <description>Apache HTTP Client API client plugin for the ASK SDK for Java.</description>
   <url>http://developer.amazon.com/ask</url>
diff --git a/ask-sdk-core/pom.xml b/ask-sdk-core/pom.xml
index 21176f82..86264263 100644
--- a/ask-sdk-core/pom.xml
+++ b/ask-sdk-core/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
     <artifactId>ask-sdk-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1</version>
+    <version>2.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
   <artifactId>ask-sdk-core</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>2.8.1</version>
+  <version>2.9.0</version>
   <name>ASK SDK for Java Core</name>
   <description>Core components of the ASK SDK for Java.</description>
   <url>http://developer.amazon.com/ask</url>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk-runtime</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
diff --git a/ask-sdk-core/src/com/amazon/ask/util/SdkConstants.java b/ask-sdk-core/src/com/amazon/ask/util/SdkConstants.java
index f7bb5427..4b37bb79 100644
--- a/ask-sdk-core/src/com/amazon/ask/util/SdkConstants.java
+++ b/ask-sdk-core/src/com/amazon/ask/util/SdkConstants.java
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ private SdkConstants() {}
     /**
      * The version number for the SDK.
      */
-    public static final String SDK_VERSION = "2.8.1";
+    public static final String SDK_VERSION = "2.9.0";
 
 }
diff --git a/ask-sdk-dynamodb-persistence-adapter/pom.xml b/ask-sdk-dynamodb-persistence-adapter/pom.xml
index 032b5ed6..9ab52451 100644
--- a/ask-sdk-dynamodb-persistence-adapter/pom.xml
+++ b/ask-sdk-dynamodb-persistence-adapter/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
     <artifactId>ask-sdk-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1</version>
+    <version>2.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
   <artifactId>ask-sdk-dynamodb-persistence-adapter</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>2.8.1</version>
+  <version>2.9.0</version>
   <name>ASK SDK for Java DynamoDB Persistence Adapter</name>
   <description>Enables skill attributes to be persisted to DynamoDB through the ASK SDK for Java.</description>
   <url>http://developer.amazon.com/ask</url>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
diff --git a/ask-sdk-lambda-support/pom.xml b/ask-sdk-lambda-support/pom.xml
index 05aac746..4bb6e112 100644
--- a/ask-sdk-lambda-support/pom.xml
+++ b/ask-sdk-lambda-support/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
         <artifactId>ask-sdk-pom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1</version>
+        <version>2.9.0</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
     <artifactId>ask-sdk-lambda-support</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>2.8.1</version>
+    <version>2.9.0</version>
     <name>ASK SDK for Java Lambda Support Plugin</name>
     <description>Contains supporting components for hosting a skill on AWS Lambda with the ASK SDK for Java.</description>
     <url>http://developer.amazon.com/ask</url>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
             <artifactId>ask-sdk-runtime</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.1</version>
+            <version>2.9.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
diff --git a/ask-sdk-runtime/pom.xml b/ask-sdk-runtime/pom.xml
index 59bff309..8c8b4e3b 100644
--- a/ask-sdk-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/ask-sdk-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk-pom</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
     <artifactId>ask-sdk-runtime</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>2.8.1</version>
+    <version>2.9.0</version>
     <name>ASK SDK for Java Runtime</name>
     <description>Runtime library for the ASK SDK for Java.</description>
     <url>http://developer.amazon.com/ask</url>
diff --git a/ask-sdk-servlet-support/pom.xml b/ask-sdk-servlet-support/pom.xml
index d8284a4d..6103020b 100644
--- a/ask-sdk-servlet-support/pom.xml
+++ b/ask-sdk-servlet-support/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
     <artifactId>ask-sdk-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1</version>
+    <version>2.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
   <artifactId>ask-sdk-servlet-support</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>2.8.1</version>
+  <version>2.9.0</version>
   <name>ASK SDK for Java Servlet Support Plugin</name>
   <description>Contains supporting components for hosting a skill on a Servlet with the ASK SDK for Java.</description>
   <url>http://developer.amazon.com/ask</url>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
diff --git a/ask-sdk/pom.xml b/ask-sdk/pom.xml
index 44d9ad08..0326127a 100644
--- a/ask-sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/ask-sdk/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
     <artifactId>ask-sdk-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1</version>
+    <version>2.9.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
   <artifactId>ask-sdk</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>2.8.1</version>
+  <version>2.9.0</version>
   <name>ASK SDK for Java</name>
   <description>The Alexa Skills Kit SDK for Java.</description>
   <url>http://developer.amazon.com/ask</url>
@@ -37,27 +37,27 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk-lambda-support</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk-servlet-support</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk-dynamodb-persistence-adapter</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk-apache-client</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
diff --git a/docs/en/Setting-Up-The-ASK-SDK.rst b/docs/en/Setting-Up-The-ASK-SDK.rst
index c385e491..262939de 100644
--- a/docs/en/Setting-Up-The-ASK-SDK.rst
+++ b/docs/en/Setting-Up-The-ASK-SDK.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pull in the standard ASK SDK v2 for Java distribution:
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
      <artifactId>ask-sdk</artifactId>
-     <version>2.8.1</version>
+     <version>2.9.0</version>
    </dependency>
 
 Including individual SDK components
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ dependency closure, add only the modules that you need.
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
      <artifactId>ask-sdk-core</artifactId>
-     <version>2.8.1</version>
+     <version>2.9.0</version>
    </dependency>
 
 **AWS Lambda support module**
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ dependency closure, add only the modules that you need.
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
      <artifactId>ask-sdk-lambda-support</artifactId>
-     <version>2.8.1</version>
+     <version>2.9.0</version>
    </dependency>
 
 **Servlet support module**
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ dependency closure, add only the modules that you need.
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
      <artifactId>ask-sdk-servlet-support</artifactId>
-     <version>2.8.1</version>
+     <version>2.9.0</version>
    </dependency>
 
 **Amazon DynamoDB persistence adapter**
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ dependency closure, add only the modules that you need.
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
      <artifactId>ask-sdk-dynamodb-persistence-adapter</artifactId>
-     <version>2.8.1</version>
+     <version>2.9.0</version>
    </dependency>
 
 **Apache HTTPClient API client plugin**
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ dependency closure, add only the modules that you need.
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
      <artifactId>ask-sdk-apache-client</artifactId>
-     <version>2.8.1</version>
+     <version>2.9.0</version>
    </dependency>
 
 Next Steps
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76f3dfe8..5279f166 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
   <artifactId>ask-sdk-pom</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.8.1</version>
+  <version>2.9.0</version>
   <name>ASK SDK for Java</name>
   <description>The Alexa Skills Kit SDK for Java.</description>
   <url>http://developer.amazon.com/ask</url>
diff --git a/samples/colorpicker/pom.xml b/samples/colorpicker/pom.xml
index 7653d6e5..dc13c0dc 100644
--- a/samples/colorpicker/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/colorpicker/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/samples/helloworld/pom.xml b/samples/helloworld/pom.xml
index 67d22d05..bd5c5038 100644
--- a/samples/helloworld/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/helloworld/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/samples/helloworldservlet/pom.xml b/samples/helloworldservlet/pom.xml
index 2f9fa2af..8dd81ce2 100755
--- a/samples/helloworldservlet/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/helloworldservlet/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>