diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index fd0f1754..53fc5223 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ python_variables: &python_variables
   CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS: /tmp/circleci-artifacts
   CIRCLE_TEST_REPORTS: /tmp/circleci-test-results
   CODECOV_TOKEN: b0d35139-0a75-427a-907b-2c78a762f8f0
-  VERSION: 2.9.0
+  VERSION: 2.9.1
   PANDOC_RELEASES_URL: https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases
   RUN_BLACK: true
 python: &python
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ae635e71..47e03879 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+### 2.9.1 (2022-12-28)
+* [#709](https://github.com/man-group/dtale/issues/709): added additional VSCode check for VSCODE_INJECTION
+* [#714](https://github.com/man-group/dtale/issues/714): pushed plotly legend below x-axis labels
+* [#711](https://github.com/man-group/dtale/issues/711): fix for predefined filters to return numbers to the backend when necessary
+* frontend package upgrades:
+  * upgraded to latest version of react
+  * dropped enzyme in favor of @testing-library/react
+  * upgraded chart.js
+
 ### 2.9.0 (2022-11-4)
 * [#703](https://github.com/man-group/dtale/issues/703): fix for matplotlib imports
 * [#704](https://github.com/man-group/dtale/issues/704): fix for replacing nan with zero
diff --git a/docker/dtale.env b/docker/dtale.env
index 8766a492..e8f656e5 100644
--- a/docker/dtale.env
+++ b/docker/dtale.env
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-VERSION=2.9.0
-TZ=America/New_York
\ No newline at end of file
+VERSION=2.9.1
+TZ=America/New_York
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 6f41d387..68e69f34 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "2.9.0"
+version = "2.9.1"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "2.9.0"
+release = "2.9.1"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 116e79b4..af617641 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dtale",
-  "version": "2.9.0",
+  "version": "2.9.1",
   "description": "Visualizer for Pandas Data Structures",
   "main": "main.js",
   "directories": {
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index da3d98a3..62c8440e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
 
 setup(
     name="dtale",
-    version="2.9.0",
+    version="2.9.1",
     author="MAN Alpha Technology",
     author_email="ManAlphaTech@man.com",
     description="Web Client for Visualizing Pandas Objects",