diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index ab6377a353..acb970b219 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {:paths ["src/main/clojure" "src/main/cljs"]
  :deps
  {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.9.0"}
-  org.clojure/tools.reader {:mvn/version "1.2.2" :classifier "aot"}
+  org.clojure/tools.reader {:mvn/version "1.2.2"}
   org.clojure/test.check {:mvn/version "0.10.0-alpha2"}
   org.clojure/spec.alpha {:mvn/version "0.1.143"}
   org.clojure/core.specs.alpha {:mvn/version "0.1.24"}
-  org.clojure/data.json {:mvn/version "0.2.6" :classifier "aot"}
+  org.clojure/data.json {:mvn/version "0.2.6"}
   com.google.javascript/closure-compiler-unshaded {:mvn/version "v20180204"}
   org.clojure/google-closure-library {:mvn/version "0.0-20170809-b9c14c6b"}
   org.mozilla/rhino {:mvn/version "1.7R5"}}
diff --git a/pom.template.xml b/pom.template.xml
index 7aad0c45ff..9846dde014 100644
--- a/pom.template.xml
+++ b/pom.template.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
             <artifactId>clojure</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.0</version>
+            <version>1.9.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.javascript</groupId>
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
             <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
             <artifactId>data.json</artifactId>
             <version>0.2.6</version>
-            <classifier>aot</classifier>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mozilla</groupId>
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@
             <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
             <artifactId>tools.reader</artifactId>
             <version>1.2.2</version>
-            <classifier>aot</classifier>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
diff --git a/script/bootstrap b/script/bootstrap
index 67a5d99972..42540c31a1 100755
--- a/script/bootstrap
+++ b/script/bootstrap
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-CLOJURE_RELEASE="1.9.0-alpha17"
+CLOJURE_RELEASE="1.9.0"
 SPEC_ALPHA_RELEASE="0.1.143"
 CORE_SPECS_ALPHA_RELEASE="0.1.24"
 CLOSURE_RELEASE="20180204"