diff --git a/.github/actions/create-bwc-build/action.yaml b/.github/actions/create-bwc-build/action.yaml
index fcfa612a7d..a2bf324cdc 100644
--- a/.github/actions/create-bwc-build/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/create-bwc-build/action.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Build
       uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       with:
-        arguments: assemble -Dbuild.snapshot=false
+        arguments: assemble
         build-root-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-branch }}
 
     - id: get-opensearch-version
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ runs:
     - name: Copy current distro into the expected folder
       run: |
         mkdir -p ./bwc-test/src/test/resources/${{ steps.get-opensearch-version.outputs.version }}
-        cp ${{ inputs.plugin-branch }}/build/distributions/opensearch-security-${{ steps.get-opensearch-version.outputs.version }}.zip ./bwc-test/src/test/resources/${{ steps.get-opensearch-version.outputs.version }}
+        cp ${{ inputs.plugin-branch }}/build/distributions/opensearch-security-${{ steps.get-opensearch-version.outputs.version }}-SNAPSHOT.zip ./bwc-test/src/test/resources/${{ steps.get-opensearch-version.outputs.version }}
       shell: bash
diff --git a/bwc-test/build.gradle b/bwc-test/build.gradle
index 9f5c752287..68b9f27e04 100644
--- a/bwc-test/build.gradle
+++ b/bwc-test/build.gradle
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ String baseName = "securityBwcCluster"
 String bwcFilePath = "src/test/resources/"
 String projectVersion = nextVersion
 
-String previousOpenSearch  = extractVersion(previousVersion);
-String nextOpenSearch  = extractVersion(nextVersion);
+String previousOpenSearch  = extractVersion(previousVersion) + "-SNAPSHOT";
+String nextOpenSearch  = extractVersion(nextVersion) + "-SNAPSHOT";
 
 println previousOpenSearch + nextOpenSearch;
 
diff --git a/release-notes/opensearch-security.release-notes-2.9.0.0.md b/release-notes/opensearch-security.release-notes-2.9.0.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..281fa1b488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/opensearch-security.release-notes-2.9.0.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+## 2023-07-18 Version 2.9.0.0
+
+Compatible with OpenSearch 2.9.0
+
+### Enhancements
+
+* Use boucycastle PEM reader instead of reg expression ([#2877](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2877))
+* Adding field level security test cases for FlatFields ([#2876](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2876)) ([#2893](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2893))
+* Add password message to /dashboardsinfo endpoint ([#2949](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2949)) ([#2955](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2955))
+* Add .plugins-ml-connector to system index ([#2947](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2947)) ([#2954](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2954))
+* Parallel test jobs for CI ([#2861](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2861)) ([#2936](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2936))
+* Adds a check to skip serialization-deserialization if request is for same node ([#2765](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2765)) ([#2973](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2973))
+* Add workflow cluster permissions to alerting roles and add .plugins-ml-config in the system index ([#2996](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2996))
+
+### Maintenance
+
+* Match version of zstd-jni from core ([#2835](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2835))
+* Add Andrey Pleskach (Willyborankin) to Maintainers ([#2843](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2843))
+* Updates bwc versions to latest release ([#2849](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2849))
+* Add search model group permission to ml_read_access role ([#2855](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2855)) ([#2858](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2858))
+* Format 2.x ([#2878](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2878))
+* Update snappy to 1.1.10.1 and guava to 32.0.1-jre ([#2886](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2886)) ([#2889](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2889))
+* Resolve ImmutableOpenMap issue from core refactor ([#2908](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2908))
+* Misc changes ([#2902](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2902)) ([#2904](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2904))
+* Bump BouncyCastle from jdk15on to jdk15to18 ([#2901](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2901)) ([#2917](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2917))
+* Fix the import org.opensearch.core.common.Strings; and import org.opensearch.core.common.logging.LoggerMessageFormat; ([#2953](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2953))
+* Remove commons-collections 3.2.2 ([#2924](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2924)) ([#2957](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2957))
+* Resolve CVE-2023-2976 by forcing use of Guava 32.0.1 ([#2937](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2937)) ([#2974](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2974))
+* Bump jaxb to 2.3.8 ([#2977](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2977)) ([#2979](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2979))
+* Update Gradle to 8.2.1 ([#2978](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2978)) ([#2981](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2981))
+* Changed maven repo location for compatibility check ([#2988](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2988))
+* Bump guava to 32.1.1-jre ([#2976](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2976)) ([#2990](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/2990))