diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9122c0b..ac7948c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [v2.9.1-SNAPSHOT] - 2023-09-28
+## [v2.9.1] - 2023-09-28
+
+- Fix for Bug #25760 not closing connection to distributed cached
+- Removed memcached dep
 
 ## [v2.9.0] - 2023-02-13
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0b393e..750d31d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
 	<artifactId>social-networking-library-ws</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>2.9.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.9.1</version>
 	<name>social-networking-library-ws</name>
 	<description>Rest interface for the social networking library.</description>
 	<properties>