diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 948e5c57..42957336 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 === rmw ChangeLog ===
 
+2025-11-06
+
+  * Release v0.9.4
+
 2025-10-20
   * (bugfix) Allow rmw to move directories to waste folder on btrfs filesystems
+    (#497)
 
 2024-11-07
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c573cdbb..c5ca7331 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# rmw-0.9.4-dev
+# rmw-0.9.4
 ## Description
 
 rmw (ReMove to Waste) is a trashcan/recycle bin utility for the command line.
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes
index 598e1da4..420deb7e 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes
+++ b/ReleaseNotes
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 === RMW Release Notes ===
 
-v0.9.3
+v0.9.4
 
-+ Add support for cloning(moving) files across btrfs root and subvolumes
-  (Linux-only); thanks to @luigir-it for suggesting this feature and testing
-* Ensure directories respect umask settings upon creation
-* bugfix: In some cases, 'rmw -s' crashed with message "*** buffer overflow
-detected ***: terminated". This could happen if compiled with
-'-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3' and set up with 'b_sanitize=none', and depending on
-the filenames in the waste directories
-* Add completion for fishshell; thanks to @ccoVeille
-* Fix strmode conflicting types error on OpenBSD and FreeBSD
-* Fix for tests failing after the Epochalypse (#439); thanks to @bmwiedemann
-+ Add French translation (partial)
+* (bugfix) Allow rmw to move directories to waste folder on btrfs filesystems
+  (#497)
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index ff2bc9e6..6ee9aecf 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ Image contains a build of rmw in '/usr/bin'. You can try it out inside the
 container if you like.
 
     docker pull andy5995/rmw:latest (latest git revision)
-    docker pull andy5995/rmw:0.9.3 (latest release)
+    docker pull andy5995/rmw:0.9.4 (latest release)
diff --git a/man/rmw.1 b/man/rmw.1
index a483926e..f503a8fc 100644
--- a/man/rmw.1
+++ b/man/rmw.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH RMW "1" "Nov 2024" "rmw 0.9.3" "User Commands"
+.TH RMW "1" "Nov 2025" "rmw 0.9.4" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 rmw \- safe-remove utility for the command line
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ The RMW team: see AUTHORS.md
 .SH REPORTING BUGS
 Report bugs to <https://github.com/theimpossibleastronaut/rmw/issues>.
 .SH "COPYRIGHT"
-Copyright \(co 2012-2024 Andy Alt
+Copyright \(co 2012-2025 Andy Alt
 
 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
 .br
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bc11d2ba..9cd1fafa 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 project(
   'rmw',
   'c',
-  version: '0.9.4-dev',
+  version: '0.9.4',
   meson_version: '>= 0.59.0',
   default_options: [
     'warning_level=3',
-    'b_sanitize=address,undefined',
-    'b_lundef=false',
+    #'b_sanitize=address,undefined',
+    #'b_lundef=false',
     'pkg_config_path=/opt/homebrew/opt/gettext/lib/pkgconfig,/opt/homebrew/opt/ncurses/lib/pkgconfig,/usr/local/opt/ncurses/lib/pkgconfig',
   ],
 )
diff --git a/packaging/Slackbuild/rmw/rmw.SlackBuild b/packaging/Slackbuild/rmw/rmw.SlackBuild
index 35dfc3df..29c4be6a 100755
--- a/packaging/Slackbuild/rmw/rmw.SlackBuild
+++ b/packaging/Slackbuild/rmw/rmw.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Slackware build script for rmw
 #
-# Copyright 2019-2024 / Andy Alt / United States
+# Copyright 2019-2025 / Andy Alt / United States
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=rmw
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9.3}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9.4}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/packaging/Slackbuild/rmw/rmw.info b/packaging/Slackbuild/rmw/rmw.info
index c5b801bf..8af97cc9 100644
--- a/packaging/Slackbuild/rmw/rmw.info
+++ b/packaging/Slackbuild/rmw/rmw.info
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PRGNAM="rmw"
-VERSION="0.9.3"
+VERSION="0.9.4"
 HOMEPAGE="https://theimpossibleastronaut.github.io/rmw-website/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/theimpossibleastronaut/rmw/releases/download/v0.9.3/rmw-0.9.3.tar.xz"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/theimpossibleastronaut/rmw/releases/download/v0.9.4/rmw-0.9.4.tar.xz"
 MD5SUM="0df2da3c1b6985cdd4022ff4b3d6fd13"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
diff --git a/packaging/release-checklist.txt b/packaging/release-checklist.txt
index 8332538d..c521f729 100644
--- a/packaging/release-checklist.txt
+++ b/packaging/release-checklist.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ For later Debian package creation, check standards version
 
 update po and pot files
   meson compile rmw-pot
-  meson rmw-update-po
+  ninja rmw-update-po
 
 Copy ChangeLog entries that apply to current release to ReleaseNotes
 (remove dates and reorder entries in in order of important or interest)