diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8d2833c..0a2cb16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,47 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+8.9.0 (2023-08-24)
+------------------
+
+Added
+^^^^^
+
+* Simplify embedding model support and loading (`#569`_)
+* Make eland_import_hub_model easier to find on Windows (`#559`_)
+* Update trained model inference endpoint (`#556`_)
+* Add BertJapaneseTokenizer support with bert_ja tokenization configuration (`#534`_)
+* Add ability to upload xlm-roberta tokenized models (`#518`_)
+* Tolerate different model output formats when measuring embedding size (`#535`_)
+* Generate valid NLP model id from file path (`#541`_)
+* Upgrade torch to 1.13.1 and check the cluster version before uploading a NLP model (`#522`_)
+* Set embedding_size config parameter for Text Embedding models (`#532`_)
+* Add support for the pass_through task (`#526`_)
+
+Fixed
+^^^^^
+
+* Fixed black to comply with the code style (`#557`_)
+* Fixed No module named 'torch' (`#553`_)
+* Fix autosummary directive by removing hack autosummaries (`#548`_)
+* Prevent TypeError with None check (`#525`_)
+
+.. _#518: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/518
+.. _#522: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/522
+.. _#525: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/525
+.. _#526: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/526
+.. _#532: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/532
+.. _#534: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/534
+.. _#535: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/535
+.. _#541: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/541
+.. _#548: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/548
+.. _#553: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/553
+.. _#556: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/556
+.. _#557: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/557
+.. _#559: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/559
+.. _#569: https://github.com/elastic/eland/pull/569
+
+
 8.7.0 (2023-03-30)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/eland/__init__.py b/eland/__init__.py
index f1a2b30..050bd2a 100644
--- a/eland/__init__.py
+++ b/eland/__init__.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 #  under the License.
 
 from ._version import (  # noqa: F401
-    __author__,
-    __author_email__,
     __description__,
     __maintainer__,
     __maintainer_email__,
diff --git a/eland/_version.py b/eland/_version.py
index 9201c1b..d4e998a 100644
--- a/eland/_version.py
+++ b/eland/_version.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 __title__ = "eland"
 __description__ = "Python Client and Toolkit for DataFrames, Big Data, Machine Learning and ETL in Elasticsearch"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/elastic/eland"
-__version__ = "8.7.0"
-__author__ = "Steve Dodson"
-__author_email__ = "steve.dodson@elastic.co"
-__maintainer__ = "Seth Michael Larson"
-__maintainer_email__ = "seth.larson@elastic.co"
+__version__ = "8.9.0"
+__maintainer__ = "Elastic Client Library Maintainers"
+__maintainer_email__ = "client-libs@elastic.co"