diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 64f3cdd..76d5538 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.8.0"
+  ".": "0.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93f28ee..7c62204 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.9.0](https://github.com/akua-dev/cli/compare/v0.8.0...v0.9.0) (2026-07-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **loader:** add the compiled Agent OS HCloud provider-loader companion ([#23](https://github.com/akua-dev/cli/issues/23)) ([f235639](https://github.com/akua-dev/cli/commit/f23563969bbc533155cf545cbf7cdf2165613408))
+
 ## [0.8.0](https://github.com/akua-dev/cli/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2026-07-14)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4d0e02..86f4a9f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@akua-dev/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.9.0",
   "private": false,
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Akua Cloud CLI",
diff --git a/skills/akua/skill-package.json b/skills/akua/skill-package.json
index 78e687f..ee1f642 100644
--- a/skills/akua/skill-package.json
+++ b/skills/akua/skill-package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "schema_version": 1,
   "name": "akua",
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.9.0",
   "provenance": {
     "repository": "https://github.com/akua-dev/cli",
     "path": "skills/akua/SKILL.md",
diff --git a/src/bin/akua.ts b/src/bin/akua.ts
index bd8762e..faa2931 100644
--- a/src/bin/akua.ts
+++ b/src/bin/akua.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { AkuaCliError, commandNotImplemented, usageError } from "../runtime/erro
 import { detectOutputMode, type OutputMode } from "../runtime/mode";
 import { renderError, renderSuccess, type RenderEnvelope } from "../runtime/render";
 
-const VERSION = "0.8.0"; // x-release-please-version
+const VERSION = "0.9.0"; // x-release-please-version
 
 export async function main(argv = process.argv.slice(2), env = process.env): Promise<number> {
   let mode: OutputMode = fallbackErrorMode(argv);
diff --git a/test/release-please-config.test.ts b/test/release-please-config.test.ts
index 5655acb..dd329c0 100644
--- a/test/release-please-config.test.ts
+++ b/test/release-please-config.test.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,19 @@ describe("release-please configuration", () => {
     expect(manifest["."]).toMatch(/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:[-+][0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?$/);
   });
 
+  test("keeps package, binary, and skill release metadata coherent", () => {
+    const manifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(".release-please-manifest.json", "utf8")) as Record<string, string>;
+    const packageVersion = JSON.parse(readFileSync("package.json", "utf8")) as { version: string };
+    const skillPackage = JSON.parse(readFileSync("skills/akua/skill-package.json", "utf8")) as { version: string };
+    const cli = readFileSync("src/bin/akua.ts", "utf8");
+    const changelog = readFileSync("CHANGELOG.md", "utf8");
+
+    expect(packageVersion.version).toBe(manifest["."]);
+    expect(skillPackage.version).toBe(manifest["."]);
+    expect(cli).toContain(`const VERSION = "${manifest["."]}"; // x-release-please-version`);
+    expect(changelog).toContain(`## [${manifest["."]}]`);
+  });
+
   test("falls back to the job token when the optional release token is unavailable", () => {
     const workflow = readFileSync(".github/workflows/release-please.yml", "utf8");