diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-# Master (will become release 2.9)
+# Master (will become release 2.10)
+
+
+# Release 2.9
 
 ## Deprecations and removals
 
diff --git a/dune.module b/dune.module
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #Name of the module
 Module:dune-elasticity
-Version: 2.9-git
+Version: 2.10-git
 Maintainer: oliver.sander@tu-dresden.de, patrick.jaap@tu-dresden.de
 #depending on
 Depends:dune-common dune-grid dune-istl dune-solvers dune-fufem dune-geometry dune-functions