diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index c0d7ddf89fc..1f5d5fc8ede 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,48 @@
-jetty-9.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+jetty-9.0.0.RC0 - 31 January 2013
+ + 362226 HttpConnection "wait" call causes thread resource exhaustion
+ + 370384 jetty-aggregate not used in jetty-distribution
+ + 381351 defaults for keymanager and trustmanager come from their factories
+   and not hardcoded
+ + 381521 Only set Vary header when content could be compressed
+ + 381689 Allow jetty-runner to specify listen host along with listen port
+ + 382237 support non java JSON classes
+ + 385306 added getURI method
+ + 391248 fixing localhost checking in statistics servlet
+ + 391249 fix for invalid XML node dispatchedTimeMean in statistics servlet
+ + 391345 fix missing br tag in statistics servlet
+ + 393933 remove deprecated classes/methods and consolidate some static methods
+   to SslContextFactory
+ + 393968 fix typo in javadoc
+ + 394541 remove continuation jar from distro, add as dep to test-jetty-webapp
+ + 395232 UpgradeRequest object passed to createWebSocket() has null Session
+ + 395444 Disabling Websocket Compress Extensions (not working with Chrome /
+   deflate problem)
+ + 396428 Test for WebSocket masking on client fragments per RFC 6455 Sec 5.1
+ + 396574 add JETTY_HOME as a location for pid to be found
+ + 396606 make spdy proxy capable of receiving SPDY and talk HTTP to the
+   upstream server
+ + 397769 TimerScheduler does not relinquish cancelled tasks.
+ + 398872 SslConnection should not be notified of idle timeouts. First
+   solution. Merge branch 'ssl_idle_timeout_ignored'.
+ + 399132 check parent dir of session store against file to be removed
+ + 399173 UpgradeRequest.getParameterMap() should never return null
+ + 399242 Reduce/eliminate false sharing in BlockingArrayQueue.
+ + 399319 Request.getURI() may return negative ports.
+ + 399324 HttpClient does not handle correctly UnresolvedAddressException.
+ + 399343 OnWebSocketConnect should use api.Session parameter instead.
+ + 399344 Add missing @OnWebSocketError annotation
+ + 399397 websocket-client needs better upgrade failure checks
+ + 399421 Add websocket.api.Session.disconnect() for harsh low level connection
+   disconnect
+ + 399515 Websocket-client connect issues should report to websocket onError
+   handlers
+ + 399516 Websocket UpgradeException should contain HTTP Request/Response
+   information
+ + 399566 Running org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.MaxInactiveMigrationTest
+   produces stack trace
+ + 399568 OSGi tests can't find websocket classes
+ + 399576 Server dumpStdErr throws exception if server is stopping
+ + 399669 Remove WebSocketConnection in favor of websocket.api.Session
 
 jetty-9.0.0.M5 - 19 January 2013
  + 367638 throw exception for excess form keys