diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1648c1676..034a6d618 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2007-03-22  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
+	Version 6.9.
+	* NEWS: Record release date and new version number.
+	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): New version number.
+
 	* tests/mv/hard-3: Correct the preceding change: $3 -> $2.
 
 2007-03-22  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4efb18f21..16fe151ff 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
-* Noteworthy changes in release 6.8+ (????-??-??) [not-unstable]
+* Noteworthy changes in release 6.9 (2007-03-22) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0895aa3ca..cab46a2ed 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 dnl Written by Jim Meyering.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
-AC_INIT([GNU coreutils],[6.8+],[bug-coreutils@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU coreutils],[6.9],[bug-coreutils@gnu.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/ls.c)
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-aux)