diff --git a/Legal.txt b/Legal.txt
index 7dda8dec..e320c06f 100644
--- a/Legal.txt
+++ b/Legal.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-“nwb-schema” Copyright (c) 2017-2024, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy). All rights reserved.
+“nwb-schema” Copyright (c) 2017-2025, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy). All rights reserved.
If you have questions about your rights to use or distribute this software, please contact Berkeley Lab's Innovation & Partnerships Office at IPO@lbl.gov.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8feb7ab0..8c653e52 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ NWB Schema Format
A format specification schema for the Neurodata Without Borders (NWB) data format.
-To get started using NWB, please go to the `NWB overview website `_.
+To get started using NWB, please go to `nwb.org `_.
This repo contains:
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The NWB 1.0 format and API are archived in the `NeurodataWithoutBorders/api-pyth
License
========================
-“nwb-schema” Copyright (c) 2017-2024, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy). All rights reserved.
+“nwb-schema” Copyright (c) 2017-2025, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy). All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ You are under no obligation whatsoever to provide any bug fixes, patches, or upg
Copyright
========================
-“nwb-schema” Copyright (c) 2017-2024, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy). All rights reserved.
+“nwb-schema” Copyright (c) 2017-2025, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy). All rights reserved.
If you have questions about your rights to use or distribute this software, please contact Berkeley Lab's Innovation & Partnerships Office at IPO@lbl.gov.
diff --git a/core/nwb.file.yaml b/core/nwb.file.yaml
index 51177c61..a751315d 100644
--- a/core/nwb.file.yaml
+++ b/core/nwb.file.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ groups:
attributes:
- name: nwb_version
dtype: text
- value: "2.9.0-alpha"
+ value: "2.9.0"
doc: File version string. Use semantic versioning, e.g. 1.2.1. This will be the
name of the format with trailing major, minor and patch numbers.
datasets:
diff --git a/core/nwb.namespace.yaml b/core/nwb.namespace.yaml
index d249e30c..784ed44a 100644
--- a/core/nwb.namespace.yaml
+++ b/core/nwb.namespace.yaml
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ namespaces:
- doc: This source module contains neurodata_type for retinotopy data.
source: nwb.retinotopy.yaml
title: Retinotopy
- version: "2.9.0-alpha"
+ version: "2.9.0"
diff --git a/docs/format/Readme.md b/docs/format/Readme.md
index 547a9ace..cf02799b 100644
--- a/docs/format/Readme.md
+++ b/docs/format/Readme.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ The NWB specification documentation uses Sphinx [https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/s
**Prerequisites**
-```pip install hdmf-docutils```
+```pip install ../../requirements-doc.txt```
**Rebuilding All**
diff --git a/docs/format/source/conf.py b/docs/format/source/conf.py
index 30cb4f94..1675b0c9 100644
--- a/docs/format/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/format/source/conf.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def setup(app):
# General information about the project.
project = u'NWB Format Specification'
-copyright = u'2017-2024, Neurodata Without Borders'
+copyright = u'2017-2025, Neurodata Without Borders'
# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def setup(app):
# The short X.Y version.
version = '2.9.0'
# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.9.0-alpha'
+release = '2.9.0'
# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
# for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst b/docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst
index 472376cc..237afe2c 100644
--- a/docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
Release Notes
=============
-2.9.0 (Upcoming)
-------------------------
+2.9.0 (June 26, 2025)
+---------------------
Major changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/license.txt b/license.txt
index 155961bd..7b26b024 100644
--- a/license.txt
+++ b/license.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-“nwb-schema” Copyright (c) 2017-2024, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy). All rights reserved.
+“nwb-schema” Copyright (c) 2017-2025, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy). All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: