diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 728bbf3706b..bdd499c8306 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-?? ??? ????, PHP 8.1.9
+04 Aug 2022, PHP 8.1.9
 
 - CLI:
   . Fixed potential overflow for the builtin server via the PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS
     environment variable. (yiyuaner)
+  . Fixed GH-8952 (Intentionally closing std handles no longer possible).
+    (Arnaud, cmb)
 
 - Core:
   . Fixed bug GH-8923 (error_log on Windows can hold the file write lock). (cmb)
   . Fixed bug GH-8995 (WeakMap object reference offset causing TypeError).
     (Tobias Bachert)
 
-- CLI:
-  . Fixed GH-8952 (Intentionally closing std handles no longer possible).
-    (Arnaud, cmb)
-
 - Date:
   . Fixed bug #80047 (DatePeriod doesn't warn with custom DateTimeImmutable).
     (Derick)
diff --git a/Zend/zend.h b/Zend/zend.h
index 0651ce80dd3..0734388f720 100644
--- a/Zend/zend.h
+++ b/Zend/zend.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #ifndef ZEND_H
 #define ZEND_H
 
-#define ZEND_VERSION "4.1.9-dev"
+#define ZEND_VERSION "4.1.9"
 
 #define ZEND_ENGINE_3
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0b7cc577e0b..5d45519dc72 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dnl Basic autoconf initialization, generation of config.nice.
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([PHP],[8.1.9-dev],[https://bugs.php.net],[php],[https://www.php.net])
+AC_INIT([PHP],[8.1.9],[https://bugs.php.net],[php],[https://www.php.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main/php_version.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index 74b4efee14e..a8dd4ece266 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 8
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 1
 #define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 9
-#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "8.1.9-dev"
+#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION ""
+#define PHP_VERSION "8.1.9"
 #define PHP_VERSION_ID 80109