diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index caae7ddd..20790a52 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ Follow the instructions in `CONTRIBUTING.md` during development.
 
 ### Git Rules
 
-Please work on feature branches.
-
-Please attempt to keep commits to `master` small, but cohesive. If a feature is contained in a bunch of small commits (e.g., it has several wip commits or small work), please squash them when merging back to `master`.
+Please attempt to keep commits to `master` small, but cohesive. If a feature is contained in a bunch of small commits (e.g., it has several wip commits or small work), please squash them when pushing to `master`.
 
 ### Version
 
diff --git a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
index 8db6151d..dbb71e2d 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
+++ b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
@@ -5538,5 +5538,5 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().UserContext = function(j$) {
 };
 
 getJasmineRequireObj().version = function() {
-  return '2.8.0';
+  return '2.9.0';
 };
diff --git a/lib/jasmine-core/version.rb b/lib/jasmine-core/version.rb
index b91a9e70..964fb68c 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-core/version.rb
+++ b/lib/jasmine-core/version.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 #
 module Jasmine
   module Core
-    VERSION = "2.8.0"
+    VERSION = "2.9.0"
   end
 end
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8fb199c9..d6505c54 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "jasmine-core",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "version": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.9.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine.git"
diff --git a/release_notes/2.9.0.md b/release_notes/2.9.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cebf13ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_notes/2.9.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# Jasmine 2.9 Release Notes
+
+## Summary
+
+This release contains a number of fixes and pull requests.
+
+## Changes
+
+* Fixed DelayedFunctionScheduler IE 8 compatibility issue
+* Fixed SPEC HAS NO EXPECTATIONS warning in HTML reporter
+* Correctly remove spies of window.onerror on IE
+* Truncate pretty printer output that is more than j$.MAX_PRETTY_PRINT_CHARS long
+* Reduced pretty printer limits to much smaller values
+* Update contributing for new naming of `jasmineUnderTest`
+* Allowed async functions to be passed into spy#callFake
+
+## Pull Requests & Issues
+
+* Added complete support for Set also for IE11.
+  - Merges [#1478](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1478) from @Volox
+  - Fixes [#1355](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1355)
+
+
+* Added complete support for Map also for IE11.
+  - Merges [#1477](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1477) from @Volox
+  - Fixes [#1472](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1472)
+
+
+* Use timeout objects when in node
+  - Merges [#1470](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1470) from @chris--young
+  - Fixes [#1469](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1469)
+
+
+* Fixed `pending()` for `async`/promise-returning specs
+  - Fixes [#1449](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1449)
+  - Fixes [#1450](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1450)
+
+
+* Added test steps for other major node versions
+    - Merges [#1448](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1448) from @mrlannigan
+
+
+* Fix equality computation for ES6 Sets.
+  - Merges [#1445](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1445) from @b-3-n
+  - Fixes [#1444](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1444)
+
+
+* Add instruction to sync local master with upstream
+  - Merges [#1440](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1440) from aaronang
+
+
+* Add some unit tests that exercise jasmine.anything() and Map matching.
+  - Merges [#1437](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1437) from @voithos
+
+
+* Add special handling of asymmetric matcher objects as keys in Maps.
+  - Merges [#1436](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1436) from @voithos
+  - Fixes [#1432](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1432)
+
+
+* Add support for jasmine.any(Symbol).
+  - Merge [#1435](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1435) from @voithos
+  - Fixes [#1431](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1431)
+
+
+* Throw an error for invalid nesting of a suite functions
+  - Merges [#1411](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1411) from @ksvitkovsky
+  - Fixes [#1295](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1295)
+
+
+* Deep clone args before passing them to reporters
+  - Merges [#1424](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1424) from @aj-dev
+
+
+* Fix "Before Committing" section of CONTRIBUTING.md.
+  - Merges [#1429](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1429) from @voithos
+
+
+* Fix lint warning in CallTracker.
+  - Merges [#1428](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1428) from @voithos
+
+
+* clearTimeout should now correctly clear a timeout that is also scheduled to run at the same tick.
+  - Merges [#1427](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1427) from @leahciMic
+  - Fixes [#1426](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1426)
+
+
+* Add a note about `defineProperty` for `spyOnProperty`
+  - Fixes [#1415](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1415)
+
+
+* Add Promise checking to eq
+  - Merges [#1386](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1386) from @sderickson
+  - Fixes [#1314](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1314)
+
+
+------
+
+_Release Notes generated with _[Anchorman](http://github.com/infews/anchorman)_