diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0071cfe8..7bdc5744 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
-since 0.8:
+0.9:
+- "iChain-ready" (works with API server now using iChain authentication)
+- add runtime check for build.rpm version, so the rpm package dependency is
+  no longer required
+- add 'edituser' command for editing the metadata of a user account. It tries
+  to create a user if it doesn't exist yet. A new command 'usermeta' replaces
+  'id' respectively 'userid'.
+- rewrite configuration handling. Now the API server can be set in .oscrc
+- ignore '.gitignore', '.pc', '*~' (now using filename matching [#208969]
 - fix 'status' to work with project directories as arguments
+- fix 'status <filename>'
 - 'rebuildpac' now accepts additional repo and arch argument. Note:
   the syntax has changed.
 - add 'prjresults' command to display aggregated build status over
@@ -12,7 +21,6 @@ since 0.8:
 - don't die if 'addremove' encounters directories
 - urlopen(): for server return code 500, print out the reply body
 
-
 0.8:
 - build: use configuration from *local* specfile (e.g. BuildRequires)
 - build: let envvars OSC_SU_WRAPPER and OSC_BUILD_ROOT override config 
diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index 2b3c05b9..536200b5 100755
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # and distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence,
 # either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
 
-__version__ = '0.8'
+__version__ = '0.9'
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ def check_store_version(dir):
         sys.exit(1)
 
     if v != __version__:
-        if v in ['0.2', '0.3', '0.4', '0.5', '0.6', '0.7']:
+        if v in ['0.2', '0.3', '0.4', '0.5', '0.6', '0.7', '0.8']:
             # version is fine, no migration needed
             f = open(versionfile, 'w')
             f.write(__version__ + '\n')