diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5df34d50..ed3d16dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Release 1.9.0 (February 6, 2018)
+* Introducing support for ListShards API. This API is used in place of DescribeStream API to provide more throughput during ShardSyncTask. Please consult the [AWS Documentation for ListShards](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/latest/APIReference/API_ListShards.html) for more information.
+  * ListShards supoorts higher call rate, which should reduce instances of throttling when attempting to synchronize the shard list.
+  * Added configuration parameters for ListShards usage
+  
+  | Name | Default | Description |
+  | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
+  | [listShardsBackoffTimeInMillis](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/3ae916c5fcdccd6b835c86ba7f6f53dd5b4c8b04/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java#L1412) | 1500 ms | This is the default backoff time between 2 ListShards calls when throttled. |
+  | [listShardsRetryAttempts](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/3ae916c5fcdccd6b835c86ba7f6f53dd5b4c8b04/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java#L1423) | 50 | This is the maximum number of times the KinesisProxy will retry to make ListShards calls on being throttled. |
+  
+* Updating the version of AWS Java SDK to 1.11.272.
+  * Version 1.11.272 is now the minimum support versiojn of the SDK.
+* Deprecating the following methods, and classes. These methods, and classes will be removed in a future release.
+  * Deprecated [IKinesisProxy#getStreamInfo](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/3ae916c5fcdccd6b835c86ba7f6f53dd5b4c8b04/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/IKinesisProxy.java#L48-L62).
+  * Deprecated [IKinesisProxyFactory](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/3ae916c5fcdccd6b835c86ba7f6f53dd5b4c8b04/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/IKinesisProxyFactory.java).
+  * Deprecated [KinesisProxyFactory](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/3ae916c5fcdccd6b835c86ba7f6f53dd5b4c8b04/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/KinesisProxyFactory.java).
+  * Deprecated certain [KinesisProxy](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/3ae916c5fcdccd6b835c86ba7f6f53dd5b4c8b04/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/KinesisProxy.java) constructors.
+    * [PR #293](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/293)
+
 ## Release 1.8.10
 * Allow providing a custom IKinesisProxy implementation.
   * [PR #274](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/274)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e77109f0..c8869c07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,27 @@ For producer-side developers using the **[Kinesis Producer Library (KPL)][kinesi
 To make it easier for developers to write record processors in other languages, we have implemented a Java based daemon, called MultiLangDaemon that does all the heavy lifting. Our approach has the daemon spawn a sub-process, which in turn runs the record processor, which can be written in any language. The MultiLangDaemon process and the record processor sub-process communicate with each other over [STDIN and STDOUT using a defined protocol][multi-lang-protocol]. There will be a one to one correspondence amongst record processors, child processes, and shards. For Python developers specifically, we have abstracted these implementation details away and [expose an interface][kclpy] that enables you to focus on writing record processing logic in Python. This approach enables KCL to be language agnostic, while providing identical features and similar parallel processing model across all languages.
 
 ## Release Notes
-For release notes check **[CHANGELOG.md][changelog-md]**.
+
+### Latest Release (1.9.0)
+* Introducing support for ListShards API. This API is used in place of DescribeStream API to provide more throughput during ShardSyncTask. Please consult the [AWS Documentation for ListShards](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/latest/APIReference/API_ListShards.html) for more information.
+  * ListShards supoorts higher call rate, which should reduce instances of throttling when attempting to synchronize the shard list.
+  * Added configuration parameters for ListShards usage
+  
+  | Name | Default | Description |
+  | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
+  | [listShardsBackoffTimeInMillis](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/3ae916c5fcdccd6b835c86ba7f6f53dd5b4c8b04/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java#L1412) | 1500 ms | This is the default backoff time between 2 ListShards calls when throttled. |
+  | [listShardsRetryAttempts](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/3ae916c5fcdccd6b835c86ba7f6f53dd5b4c8b04/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java#L1423) | 50 | This is the maximum number of times the KinesisProxy will retry to make ListShards calls on being throttled. |
+  
+* Updating the version of AWS Java SDK to 1.11.272.
+  * Version 1.11.272 is now the minimum support versiojn of the SDK.
+* Deprecating the following methods, and classes. These methods, and classes will be removed in a future release.
+  * Deprecated [IKinesisProxy#getStreamInfo](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/3ae916c5fcdccd6b835c86ba7f6f53dd5b4c8b04/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/IKinesisProxy.java#L48-L62).
+  * Deprecated [IKinesisProxyFactory](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/3ae916c5fcdccd6b835c86ba7f6f53dd5b4c8b04/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/IKinesisProxyFactory.java).
+  * Deprecated [KinesisProxyFactory](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/3ae916c5fcdccd6b835c86ba7f6f53dd5b4c8b04/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/KinesisProxyFactory.java).
+  * Deprecated certain [KinesisProxy](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/3ae916c5fcdccd6b835c86ba7f6f53dd5b4c8b04/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/proxies/KinesisProxy.java) constructors.
+    * [PR #293](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/293)
+  
+### For remaining release notes check **[CHANGELOG.md][changelog-md]**.
 
 [kinesis]: http://aws.amazon.com/kinesis
 [kinesis-forum]: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/forum.jspa?forumID=169
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c4b38f2..3ae09344 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java</name>
-  <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.9.0</version>
   <description>The Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java enables Java developers to easily consume and process data
     from Amazon Kinesis.
   </description>