diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 138ffb7d8..0719317ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ This driver uses semantic versioning:
 - A change in the major version (e.g. 1.Y.Z -> 2.0.0) indicates _breaking_
   changes that require changes in your code to upgrade.
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [9.0.0-preview.1]
 
 This is a major release and breaks backwards compatibility.
 
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ For a detailed list of changes between pre-release versions of v7 see the
 
   Graph methods now only return the relevant part of the response body.
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v8.8.1...v9
+[9.0.0-preview.1]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v8.8.1...v9.0.0-preview.1
 [8.8.1]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v8.8.0...v8.8.1
 [8.8.0]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v8.7.0...v8.8.0
 [8.7.0]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v8.6.0...v8.7.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 441eb0167..d1e5491a3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "name": "arangojs",
-  "version": "9.0.0-dev",
+  "version": "9.0.0-preview.1",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=18"
   },