diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index abe989af54..05e35f3235 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ set_default_buildtype()
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MINOR 9)
 set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 4)
-set(NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE "-dev") # for package maintainers
+set(NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE "") # for package maintainers
 
 # API level
 set(NVIM_API_LEVEL 11)         # Bump this after any API change.
diff --git a/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml b/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml
index ca735aafbc..fec493c64d 100644
--- a/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml
+++ b/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   </screenshots>
 
   <releases>
-    <release date="2023-10-09" version="0.9.3"/>
+    <release date="2023-10-09" version="0.9.4"/>
     <release date="2023-09-07" version="0.9.2"/>
     <release date="2023-05-29" version="0.9.1"/>
     <release date="2023-04-07" version="0.9.0"/>