diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 36b9ce147c..54d5378cab 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+# Version 2.9.2 - 2023-09-12
+
+## Bugfixes
+- [PICARD-2700](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2700) - Content of series variables gets duplicated on each refresh
+- [PICARD-2712](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2712) - "00" is always stripped from DATE tag on save
+- [PICARD-2722](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2722) - Windows version can crash on exit and prevent restart of Picard
+- [PICARD-2724](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2724) - Crash in track search dialog if artist name translation is enabled
+- [PICARD-2733](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2733) - Crash when saving files with UI language set to Finnish
+- [PICARD-2736](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2736) - Windows: SSL errors if conflicting libssl is installed system wide
+
+## Tasks
+- [PICARD-2752](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2752) - Include resource/images in source archive
+
+## Improvements
+- [PICARD-2720](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2720) - Linux: Allow opening new instance via XDG desktop entry application action
+
+
 # Version 2.9.1 - 2023-08-16
 
 ## Bugfixes
diff --git a/picard/__init__.py b/picard/__init__.py
index 07ab90ec5e..b0d8a6e6a8 100644
--- a/picard/__init__.py
+++ b/picard/__init__.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 PICARD_DISPLAY_NAME = "MusicBrainz Picard"
 PICARD_APP_ID = "org.musicbrainz.Picard"
 PICARD_DESKTOP_NAME = PICARD_APP_ID + ".desktop"
-PICARD_VERSION = Version(2, 9, 2, 'dev', 1)
+PICARD_VERSION = Version(2, 9, 2, 'final', 0)
 
 
 # optional build version