diff --git a/src/hardforks/hardforks.cpp b/src/hardforks/hardforks.cpp
index 34bc723..93b2579 100644
--- a/src/hardforks/hardforks.cpp
+++ b/src/hardforks/hardforks.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ const hardfork_t mainnet_hard_forks[] = {
   
   // version 7 starts from block 161900, which is on or around the 14th of February, 2025. Fork time finalised on 2025-02-04. No fork voting occurs for the v7 fork.
   { 7, 161900, 0, 1739264400 },
+
+  // version 8 starts from block 172000, which is on or around the 28th of February, 2025. Fork time finalised on 2025-02-24. No fork voting occurs for the v8 fork.
+  { 8, 172000, 0, 1740390000 },
+  
+  // version 9 starts from block 180000, which is on or around the 10th of March, 2025. Fork time finalised on 2025-02-24. No fork voting occurs for the v9 fork.
+  { 9, 180000, 0, 1740393800 },
 };
 const size_t num_mainnet_hard_forks = sizeof(mainnet_hard_forks) / sizeof(mainnet_hard_forks[0]);
 const uint64_t mainnet_hard_fork_version_1_till = ((uint64_t)-1);
diff --git a/src/version.cpp.in b/src/version.cpp.in
index 788c7db..4f481c4 100644
--- a/src/version.cpp.in
+++ b/src/version.cpp.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #define DEF_SALVIUM_VERSION_TAG "@VERSIONTAG@"
-#define DEF_SALVIUM_VERSION "0.9.4-rc1"
+#define DEF_SALVIUM_VERSION "0.9.4"
 #define DEF_MONERO_VERSION_TAG "release"
 #define DEF_MONERO_VERSION "0.18.3.3"
 #define DEF_MONERO_RELEASE_NAME "Zero"