diff --git a/docs/releases/v2.9.0.md b/docs/releases/v2.9.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fa97ea7892e53228813263460519eecf8867b813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/v2.9.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# v2.9.0
+
+## Bugfix
+
+- Select default connectivity profile
+- Show connectivity dataset info
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 8d57d34a5eec63f8e99f62cf4a40e554b0821b8c..d6c7b67e173b7577f1e79a7a4fda0d59d92bcbfd 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ nav:
     - Fetching datasets: 'advanced/datasets.md'
     - Display non-atlas volumes: 'advanced/otherVolumes.md'
   - Release notes:
+    - v2.9.0: 'releases/v2.9.0.md'
     - v2.8.0: 'releases/v2.8.0.md'
     - v2.7.7: 'releases/v2.7.7.md'
     - v2.7.6: 'releases/v2.7.6.md'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd2e81a1d5f1c4f4a52ca56b1f5a0dc82d5bb9e9..a38aed3a21dee98a92205763be72d4d0b0202e92 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "interactive-viewer",
-  "version": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.9.0",
   "description": "siibra-explorer - explore brain atlases. Based on humanbrainproject/nehuba & google/neuroglancer. Built with angular",
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "eslint src --ext .ts",