diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-workflow.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-workflow.yaml
index fcf10b87..29b01a53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-workflow.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-workflow.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
         with:
-          ref: main
+          ref: 5.9.0
       - uses: docker/login-action@v1
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b0b71a37..aaa64111 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## Unreleased
-
+## 5.9.0 - 2021-11-19
 ### Added
 - Add new jdk_version parameter to Stack Builder AMI IDs generation
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 409dfc01..c1a30109 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # packer_aem_version: version of packer-aem to be packaged
-packer_aem_version ?= 5.8.1-pre.0
+packer_aem_version ?= 5.9.0
 # version: version of machine images to be created
 version ?= 1.0.0
 # custom image provisioner version for testing
diff --git a/conf/packer/vars/00_default.json b/conf/packer/vars/00_default.json
index a07658c5..62b09a18 100644
--- a/conf/packer/vars/00_default.json
+++ b/conf/packer/vars/00_default.json
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
   "aws_vpc_id": "",
   "iam_instance_profile": "overwrite-me",
   "puppet_bin_dir": "/opt/puppetlabs/bin",
-  "packer_aem_version": "5.8.1-pre.0"
+  "packer_aem_version": "5.9.0"
 }
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