diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a3df0a6..ac39a10 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0
+0.9.0
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
index 84b1f85..54c2684 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ export interface ReleaseEntry {
 }
 
 export const RELEASE_NOTES: ReleaseEntry[] = [
+  {
+    version: "0.9.0",
+    date: "2026-06-18",
+    summary: "A notifications inbox, and automatic clean-up of videos that can no longer be played.",
+    features: [
+      "New Notifications module in the left sidebar, with an unread badge: a durable place that collects updates about your library and the system, alongside the existing pop-up bell. Mark items read, dismiss them, or clear everything.",
+      "Automatic library maintenance: a background job spots videos that can no longer be played anywhere — deleted, made private, or premieres that never went live — hides them from your feed right away, and removes them after a grace period. Genuine 24/7 livestreams are left alone.",
+      "If a video you'd saved or added to a playlist gets removed this way, you get a single summary notification listing them — never one message per video.",
+    ],
+  },
   {
     version: "0.8.0",
     date: "2026-06-18",