diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 75f72e0b..aa1a012e 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@
 Release History
 ---------------
 
+1.9.0 (?)
++++++++++
+
+**Features and Improvements**
+
+- Implemented new archive.org `Tasks API <https://archive.org/services/docs/api/tasks.html>`_.
+- Added support for darking and undarking items via the Tasks API.
+- Added support for submitting arbitrary tasks 
+  (only darking/undarking currently supported, see Tasks API documentation).
+
+**Bugfixes**
+
+- ``ia download`` now displays `download failed` instead of `success` when download fails.
+- Fixed bug where ``Item.get_file`` would not work on unicode names in Python 2.
+
 1.8.5 (2019-06-07)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/internetarchive/__init__.py b/internetarchive/__init__.py
index 263d027e..8ef180ca 100644
--- a/internetarchive/__init__.py
+++ b/internetarchive/__init__.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 __title__ = 'internetarchive'
-__version__ = '1.9.0.dev2'
+__version__ = '1.9.0'
 __author__ = 'Jacob M. Johnson'
 __license__ = 'AGPL 3'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Internet Archive'