diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 839244c2..b98f1f0c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,26 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.9.0 (????-??-??)
+==================
+
+New features:
+
+* Include `kafka-python` into `aiokafka`'s code base
+* Replace `python-snappy` and `zstandard` with `cramjam`
+* PEP518 compliant `pyproject.toml`
+* Python 3.12 support
+
+
+Bugfixes:
+
+* Fix type annotation for `ConsumerRecord` (pr #912 by @zschumacher)
+
+
+Improved Documentation:
+
+* Fix `AbstractTokenProvider.token` example (pr #919 by @mtomilov)
+
 
 0.8.1 (2023-05-31)
 ==================
diff --git a/aiokafka/__init__.py b/aiokafka/__init__.py
index adaa69c6..e2c059cd 100644
--- a/aiokafka/__init__.py
+++ b/aiokafka/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.8.1'  # noqa
+__version__ = '0.9.0.rc0'  # noqa
 
 from .abc import ConsumerRebalanceListener
 from .client import AIOKafkaClient