diff --git a/docs/docs/quickstart.md b/docs/docs/quickstart.md
index 0f44a0c6a..e7c131182 100644
--- a/docs/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ mysql> GRANT SELECT, REPLICATION CLIENT, REPLICATION SLAVE on *.* to 'maxwell'@'
 You'll need a version 7 of a JVM.
 
 ```
-curl -sLo - https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v0.8.1/maxwell-0.8.1.tar.gz \
+curl -sLo - https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v0.9.0/maxwell-0.9.0.tar.gz \
        | tar zxvf -
-cd maxwell-0.8.1
+cd maxwell-0.9.0
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/docs/site/quickstart/index.html b/docs/site/quickstart/index.html
index 0e2cd51d5..f8e2578ab 100644
--- a/docs/site/quickstart/index.html
+++ b/docs/site/quickstart/index.html
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ <h3 id="row-based-replication">Row based replication</h3>
 server-id=1
 log-bin=master
 binlog_format=row
+binlog_checksum=NONE # if on mysql &gt; 5.6.6.  we will support checksums at some point.
 </code></pre>
 
 <h3 id="grant-permissions">Grant permissions</h3>
@@ -108,9 +109,9 @@ <h3 id="grant-permissions">Grant permissions</h3>
 
 <h3 id="install-maxwell">Install maxwell</h3>
 <p>You'll need a version 7 of a JVM.</p>
-<pre><code>curl -sLo - https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v0.8.0/maxwell-0.8.0.tar.gz \
+<pre><code>curl -sLo - https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v0.9.0/maxwell-0.9.0.tar.gz \
        | tar zxvf -
-cd maxwell-0.8.0
+cd maxwell-0.9.0
 </code></pre>
 
 <h3 id="run-with-stdout-producer">Run with stdout producer</h3>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b4b6504d..f3542124c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.zendesk</groupId>
   <artifactId>maxwell</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.1</version>
+  <version>0.9.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>maxwell</name>