diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 47d854a..2458caa 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
     <email>jedisct1@php.net</email>
     <active>yes</active>
   </lead>
-  <date>2017-10-01</date>
-  <time>17:23:19</time>
+  <date>2017-10-20</date>
+  <time>10:16:26</time>
   <version>
-    <release>2.0.8</release>
-    <api>2.0.8</api>
+    <release>2.0.9</release>
+    <api>2.0.9</api>
   </version>
   <stability>
     <release>stable</release>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   </stability>
   <license uri="http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause">BSD 2-Clause License</license>
   <notes>
-Support for libsodium 1.0.15 was implemented.
+No code change. This release was made to ensure that the stable channel installs version 2.x.
   </notes>
   <contents>
     <dir name="/">
diff --git a/php_libsodium.h b/php_libsodium.h
index adda836..7e70611 100644
--- a/php_libsodium.h
+++ b/php_libsodium.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 extern zend_module_entry sodium_module_entry;
 #define phpext_sodium_ptr &sodium_module_entry
 
-#define PHP_SODIUM_VERSION "2.0.7"
+#define PHP_SODIUM_VERSION "2.0.9"
 
 #ifdef PHP_WIN32
 # define PHP_SODIUM_API __declspec(dllexport)