diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 498d1f74a..55c06b805 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.8.9 (December 10, 2011)
+
+  - Revert the SSH tweaks made in 0.8.8. It affected stability
+    that I'd rather not test in a patch release.
+
 ## 0.8.8 (December 1, 2011)
 
   - Mount shared folders shortest to longest to avoid mounting
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/version.rb b/lib/vagrant/version.rb
index 9485882cd..6ca44d385 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/version.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/version.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ module Vagrant
   # This will always be up to date with the current version of Vagrant,
   # since it is used to generate the gemspec and is also the source of
   # the version for `vagrant -v`
-  VERSION = "0.8.8"
+  VERSION = "0.8.9"
 end