diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f68acae..b3b50439 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.9.0-beta.0] - 2024-08-15
+
 ### Added
 
 - Several methods in `Reader` ([#89](https://github.com/gadomski/las-rs/pull/89))
@@ -101,7 +103,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Benchmarks now use [criterion](https://github.com/bheisler/criterion.rs) ([#52](https://github.com/gadomski/las-rs/pull/52))
 - Edition is now 2021 ([#52](https://github.com/gadomski/las-rs/pull/52))
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/gadomski/las-rs/compare/v0.8.8...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/gadomski/las-rs/compare/v0.9.0-beta.0...HEAD
+[0.9.0-beta.0]: https://github.com/gadomski/las-rs/releases/compare/v0.8.8...v0.9.0-beta.0
 [0.8.8]: https://github.com/gadomski/las-rs/releases/compare/v0.8.7...v0.8.8
 [0.8.7]: https://github.com/gadomski/las-rs/releases/compare/v0.8.6...v0.8.7
 [0.8.6]: https://github.com/gadomski/las-rs/releases/compare/v0.8.5...v0.8.6
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 471264dd..39125782 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [package]
 name = "las"
-version = "0.8.8"
+version = "0.9.0-beta.0"
 authors = ["Pete Gadomski <pete.gadomski@gmail.com>"]
-description = "Read and write point clouds stored in the ASPRS las file format."
+description = "Reads and writes point clouds stored in the ASPRS las file format."
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/las"
 homepage = "https://github.com/gadomski/las-rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/gadomski/las-rs"