diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 6374c84dd..31100ab46 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE.
 
 Documentation fixes or enhancements:
 - for Traefik v1: use branch v1.7
-- for Traefik v2: use branch v2.8
+- for Traefik v2: use branch v2.9
 
 Bug fixes:
 - for Traefik v1: use branch v1.7
-- for Traefik v2: use branch v2.8
+- for Traefik v2: use branch v2.9
 
 Enhancements:
 - for Traefik v1: we only accept bug fixes
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3efec52a4..717c8ec85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,51 @@
+## [v2.9.0](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/tree/v2.9.0) (2022-09-30)
+[All Commits](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/compare/v2.9.0-rc1...v2.9.0)
+
+**Enhancements:**
+- **[acme,tls]** ACME Default Certificate ([#9189](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9189) by [rtribotte](https://github.com/rtribotte))
+- **[consul,etcd,zk,kv,redis]** Update valkeyrie to v1.0.0 ([#9316](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9316) by [ldez](https://github.com/ldez))
+- **[consulcatalog,nomad]** Support Nomad canary deployment ([#9216](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9216) by [rtribotte](https://github.com/rtribotte))
+- **[consulcatalog]** Move consulcatalog provider to only use health apis ([#9140](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9140) by [kevinpollet](https://github.com/kevinpollet))
+- **[docker]** Add support for reaching containers using host networking on Podman ([#9190](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9190) by [freundTech](https://github.com/freundTech))
+- **[docker]** Use IPv6 address ([#9183](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9183) by [tomMoulard](https://github.com/tomMoulard))
+- **[docker]** Add allowEmptyServices for Docker provider ([#8690](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/8690) by [jvasseur](https://github.com/jvasseur))
+- **[ecs]**  Add support for ECS Anywhere ([#9324](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9324) by [tuxpower](https://github.com/tuxpower))
+- **[healthcheck]** Add a method option to the service Health Check ([#9165](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9165) by [ddtmachado](https://github.com/ddtmachado))
+- **[http3]** Upgrade quic-go to v0.28.0 ([#9187](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9187) by [tomMoulard](https://github.com/tomMoulard))
+- **[http]** Start polling HTTP provider at the beginning ([#9116](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9116) by [moutoum](https://github.com/moutoum))
+- **[k8s/crd,plugins]** Load plugin configuration field value from Kubernetes Secret ([#9103](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9103) by [rtribotte](https://github.com/rtribotte))
+- **[logs,tcp]** Quiet down TCP RST packet error on read operation ([#9007](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9007) by [rtribotte](https://github.com/rtribotte))
+- **[metrics]** Add traffic size metrics ([#9208](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9208) by [tomMoulard](https://github.com/tomMoulard))
+- **[middleware,pilot]** Remove Pilot support ([#9330](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9330) by [ldez](https://github.com/ldez))
+- **[rules,tcp]** Support ALPN for TCP + TLS routers ([#8913](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/8913) by [sh7dm](https://github.com/sh7dm))
+- **[tcp,service,udp]** Make the loadbalancers servers order random ([#9037](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9037) by [qmloong](https://github.com/qmloong))
+- **[tls]** Change default TLS options for more security ([#8951](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/8951) by [ddtmachado](https://github.com/ddtmachado))
+- **[tracing]** Add Datadog GlobalTags support ([#9266](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9266) by [sdelicata](https://github.com/sdelicata))
+
+**Bug fixes:**
+- **[acme]** Fix ACME panic ([#9365](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9365) by [ldez](https://github.com/ldez))
+
+**Documentation:**
+- **[metrics]** Rework metrics overview page ([#9366](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9366) by [ddtmachado](https://github.com/ddtmachado))
+- Prepare release v2.9.0-rc5 ([#9402](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9402) by [ldez](https://github.com/ldez))
+- Prepare release v2.9.0-rc4 ([#9372](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9372) by [kevinpollet](https://github.com/kevinpollet))
+- Prepare release v2.9.0-rc3 ([#9344](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9344) by [kevinpollet](https://github.com/kevinpollet))
+- Prepare release v2.9.0-rc2 ([6c2c561](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/commit/6c2c561d8f935d76ccd07d28e1455c7768adc153) by [ldez](https://github.com/ldez))
+- Prepare release v2.9.0-rc1 ([#9334](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9334) by [rtribotte](https://github.com/rtribotte))
+
+**Misc:**
+- Merge current v2.8 into v2.9 ([#9400](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9400) by [ldez](https://github.com/ldez))
+- Merge current v2.8 into v2.9 ([#9371](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9371) by [ldez](https://github.com/ldez))
+- Merge current v2.8 into v2.9 ([#9367](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9367) by [ldez](https://github.com/ldez))
+- Merge current v2.8 into v2.9 ([#9350](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9350) by [ldez](https://github.com/ldez))
+- Merge current v2.8 into v2.9 ([#9343](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9343) by [kevinpollet](https://github.com/kevinpollet))
+- Merge v2.8.5 into master ([#9329](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9329) by [rtribotte](https://github.com/rtribotte))
+- Merge current v2.8 into master ([#9291](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9291) by [rtribotte](https://github.com/rtribotte))
+- Merge current v2.8 into master ([#9265](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9265) by [kevinpollet](https://github.com/kevinpollet))
+- Merge current v2.8 into master ([#9209](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9209) by [kevinpollet](https://github.com/kevinpollet))
+- Merge current v2.8 into master ([#9146](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9146) by [kevinpollet](https://github.com/kevinpollet))
+- Merge current v2.8 into master ([#9135](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9135) by [kevinpollet](https://github.com/kevinpollet))
+
 ## [v2.9.0-rc5](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/tree/v2.9.0-rc5) (2022-09-30)
 [All Commits](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/compare/v2.9.0-rc4...v2.9.0-rc5)
 
diff --git a/docs/content/getting-started/install-traefik.md b/docs/content/getting-started/install-traefik.md
index 104b010f5..9e016e4d3 100644
--- a/docs/content/getting-started/install-traefik.md
+++ b/docs/content/getting-started/install-traefik.md
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ You can install Traefik with the following flavors:
 
 Choose one of the [official Docker images](https://hub.docker.com/_/traefik) and run it with one sample configuration file:
 
-* [YAML](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traefik/traefik/v2.8/traefik.sample.yml)
-* [TOML](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traefik/traefik/v2.8/traefik.sample.toml)
+* [YAML](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traefik/traefik/v2.9/traefik.sample.yml)
+* [TOML](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traefik/traefik/v2.9/traefik.sample.toml)
 
 ```bash
 docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -p 80:80 \
diff --git a/docs/content/providers/kubernetes-ingress.md b/docs/content/providers/kubernetes-ingress.md
index bafa082b6..a35017cc5 100644
--- a/docs/content/providers/kubernetes-ingress.md
+++ b/docs/content/providers/kubernetes-ingress.md
@@ -502,6 +502,6 @@ providers:
 ### Further
 
 To learn more about the various aspects of the Ingress specification that Traefik supports,
-many examples of Ingresses definitions are located in the test [examples](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/tree/v2.8/pkg/provider/kubernetes/ingress/fixtures) of the Traefik repository.
+many examples of Ingresses definitions are located in the test [examples](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/tree/v2.9/pkg/provider/kubernetes/ingress/fixtures) of the Traefik repository.
 
 {!traefik-for-business-applications.md!}
diff --git a/script/gcg/traefik-final-release-part1.toml b/script/gcg/traefik-final-release-part1.toml
index eb927cb81..17801e19d 100644
--- a/script/gcg/traefik-final-release-part1.toml
+++ b/script/gcg/traefik-final-release-part1.toml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ RepositoryName = "traefik"
 OutputType = "file"
 FileName = "traefik_changelog.md"
 
-# example final release of v2.8.0
-CurrentRef = "v2.8"
-PreviousRef = "v2.8.0-rc1"
-BaseBranch = "v2.8"
-FutureCurrentRefName = "v2.8.0"
+# example final release of v2.9.0
+CurrentRef = "v2.9"
+PreviousRef = "v2.9.0-rc1"
+BaseBranch = "v2.9"
+FutureCurrentRefName = "v2.9.0"
 
 ThresholdPreviousRef = 10
 ThresholdCurrentRef = 10
diff --git a/script/gcg/traefik-final-release-part2.toml b/script/gcg/traefik-final-release-part2.toml
index 7e8ee60ba..0c33e8769 100644
--- a/script/gcg/traefik-final-release-part2.toml
+++ b/script/gcg/traefik-final-release-part2.toml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ RepositoryName = "traefik"
 OutputType = "file"
 FileName = "traefik_changelog.md"
 
-# example final release of v2.8.0
-CurrentRef = "v2.8.0-rc1"
-PreviousRef = "v2.7.0-rc1"
+# example final release of v2.9.0
+CurrentRef = "v2.9.0-rc1"
+PreviousRef = "v2.8.0-rc1"
 BaseBranch = "master"
-FutureCurrentRefName = "v2.8.0-rc1"
+FutureCurrentRefName = "v2.9.0-rc1"
 
 ThresholdPreviousRef = 10
 ThresholdCurrentRef = 10