diff --git a/TODO-RELEASE b/TODO-RELEASE
index 3b31cde..c5a3b36 100644
--- a/TODO-RELEASE
+++ b/TODO-RELEASE
@@ -24,5 +24,3 @@
 # If any interfaces have been removed or changed since the last public release, a=0.
 #
 #library		what		description / commit summary line
-update dependency to libosmocore > 1.5.1 for our use of osmo_sock_set_dscp()
-libosmo-mgcp-client  struct mgcp_client_conf ABI breackage
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ddd8862..c0b7d03 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@
 AC_SUBST(LIBRARY_DLSYM)
 
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOCORE, libosmocore >= 1.5.0)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOGSM, libosmogsm >= 1.5.0)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOCTRL, libosmoctrl >= 1.5.0)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOVTY, libosmovty >= 1.5.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOCORE, libosmocore >= 1.6.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOGSM, libosmogsm >= 1.6.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOCTRL, libosmoctrl >= 1.6.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOVTY, libosmovty >= 1.6.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMONETIF, libosmo-netif >= 1.1.0)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOABIS, libosmoabis >= 1.1.0)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOTRAU, libosmotrau >= 1.1.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOABIS, libosmoabis >= 1.2.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOTRAU, libosmotrau >= 1.2.0)
 
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pthread"
 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -pthread"
diff --git a/contrib/osmo-mgw.spec.in b/contrib/osmo-mgw.spec.in
index ee85db3..c181d1f 100644
--- a/contrib/osmo-mgw.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/osmo-mgw.spec.in
@@ -30,29 +30,29 @@
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmo-netif) >= 1.1.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmocore) >= 1.5.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmoctrl) >= 1.5.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmogsm) >= 1.5.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmovty) >= 1.5.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmocoding) >= 1.5.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmoabis) >= 1.1.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmotrau) >= 1.1.0
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmocore) >= 1.6.0
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmoctrl) >= 1.6.0
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmogsm) >= 1.6.0
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmovty) >= 1.6.0
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmocoding) >= 1.6.0
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmoabis) >= 1.2.0
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmotrau) >= 1.2.0
 %{?systemd_requires}
 
 %description
 OsmoMGW is Osmocom's Media Gateway for 2G and 3G circuit-switched mobile networks.
 
-%package -n libosmo-mgcp-client8
+%package -n libosmo-mgcp-client9
 Summary:        Osmocom's Media Gateway Control Protocol client library
 Group:          System/Libraries
 
-%description -n libosmo-mgcp-client8
+%description -n libosmo-mgcp-client9
 Osmocom's Media Gateway Control Protocol client library.
 
 %package -n libosmo-mgcp-client-devel
 Summary:        Development files for Osmocom's Media Gateway Control Protocol client library
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Requires:       libosmo-mgcp-client8 = %{version}
+Requires:       libosmo-mgcp-client9 = %{version}
 
 %description -n libosmo-mgcp-client-devel
 Osmocom's Media Gateway Control Protocol client librarary.
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@
 %check
 make %{?_smp_mflags} check || (find . -name testsuite.log -exec cat {} +)
 
-%post   -n libosmo-mgcp-client8 -p /sbin/ldconfig
-%postun -n libosmo-mgcp-client8 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%post   -n libosmo-mgcp-client9 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n libosmo-mgcp-client9 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 %preun
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/osmocom
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/osmocom/osmo-mgw.cfg
 
-%files -n libosmo-mgcp-client8
-%{_libdir}/libosmo-mgcp-client.so.8*
+%files -n libosmo-mgcp-client9
+%{_libdir}/libosmo-mgcp-client.so.9*
 
 %files -n libosmo-mgcp-client-devel
 %{_libdir}/libosmo-mgcp-client.so
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a2f5c4a..ec34937 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,117 @@
+osmo-mgw (1.9.0) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Harald Welte ]
+  * TOS bits != DSCP
+  * manual: don't define fig-bsc twice
+  * switch from osmo_sock_set_dscp() to OSMO_SOCK_F_DSCP()
+  * mgw: Add support for setting socket priority from VTY
+  * manual: Include QoS chapter and add osmo-mgw specific example
+
+  [ Keith ]
+  * Add vty command 'show mgcp active'
+  * Log some useful messages at ERROR/INFO instead of DEBUG
+
+  [ Neels Hofmeyr ]
+  * send DLCX only once
+  * tweak termination DLCX log msg
+  * add osmo_mgcpc_ep_ci_get_remote_rtp_info()
+  * check_rtp_destin(): clarify log msg
+  * mgcp_client_fsm delete: set mgcp_client as ctx, not NULL
+  * mgcp_client_endpoint_fsm: on term, still let conns wait for DLCX OK
+  * mgcp_client_fsm: add missing log_subsys
+  * mgcp_client: add logging on received MGCP messages
+
+  [ Philipp Maier ]
+  * mgcp_network: fix implicit address loopback
+  * mgcp_common, mgcp_udp_send: make parameter buf const
+  * mgcp_network: refactor MGCP_DUMMY_LOAD
+  * mgcp_client: drop nunnecessary else statement
+  * mgcp_client: fix error handling in mgcp message generation
+  * mgcp_protocol: fix loop that sends dummy RTP packets
+  * mgw_main: fix loop that resets all endpoints
+  * mgcp_trunk: drop ws line
+  * mgcp_ratectr: drop ws line
+  * mgcp_ratectr: fix sourcecode formatting
+  * mgcp_trunk: add value string for trunk type.
+  * mgcp_ratectr: refactor rate counter and set group name
+  * mgcp_protocol: forward declare mgcp_endpoint
+  * mgcp_endp: make wildcarded detection separate
+  * mgcp_protocol: refactor request handler array
+  * mgcp_trunk: use unsigned int instead of int as trunk_nr
+  * mgcp_protocol: refactor MGCP request handling
+  * mgcp_ratectr: add stats items to monitor trunk usage
+  * mgcp_msg: add trunk parameter to mgcp_check_param for logging
+  * mgcp_protocol: refactor function create_response_with_sdp
+  * mgcp_protocol: add support for wildcarded DLCX
+  * remove struct member wildcarded_req from struct mgcp_endpoint
+  * mgcp_lient: remove unsubstantial FIXME note
+  * mgcp_protocol: assert endp when it becomes mandatory
+  * mgcp_trunk: check MGW domain name earlier
+  * mgcp_ratectr: add stats items to monitor trunk usage
+  * mgcp_client: fix typo Initalize -> Initialize
+  * mgcp_protocol: get rid of policy_cb and change_cb
+  * mgcp_ratectr: do not set talloc destructor on library allocated item
+  * mgcp_client: allow to reset endpoints on startup
+  * mgcp_client_vty: remove unnecessary checks
+  * mgcp_client: do not print (null) when address is ANY
+  * mgcp_client: refactor function init_socket
+  * libosmo-mgcp-client: extend the mgcp_client for MGW pooling
+  * mgcp_client_vty: add missing docstrings
+  * mgcp_client_vty: add OSMO_ASSERT on pool parameter
+  * mgcp_client_vty: fix docstrings for mgw-pool
+  * mgcp_client_vty: cosmetic: doc string should terminated with \n
+  * mgcp_client_vty: fixing docstring
+  * mgcp_ratectr: remove unusued rate counters
+  * mgcp_client: fix typo in doxygen comment
+  * mgcp_client: add MGW name as logging context
+
+  [ Pau Espin Pedrol ]
+  * Use new stat item/ctr getter APIs
+  * constify arg in addr_is_any()
+  * Define patch_ssrc as bool type
+  * constify some function arg pointers
+  * mgcp_network.c: Reorder some functions in file
+  * mgcp_send_dummy: Check RTP destination is available before attempt tx
+  * mgw: rx CRCX: Avoid sending dummy rtp if remote address not provided
+  * Fail rx MDCX sendrecv with invalid remote addr
+  * Take into account Marker bit when patching RTP stream
+  * Use DLMGCP instead of DLGLOBAL in log lines
+  * Fix attribute parsing on gcc 11.1.0
+
+  [ neels ]
+  * Revert "mgcp_ratectr: add stats items to monitor trunk usage"
+
+  [ Daniel Willmann ]
+  * contrib/jenkins: Use ASAN for osmo-mgw
+
+  [ Oliver Smith ]
+  * mgcp_client_vty: add missing NO_STR
+  * Revert "Turn some compiler warnings into errors"
+
+  [ Eric ]
+  * add vscode stuff to gitignore
+  * configure.ac: fix maybe-uninitialized for clang
+  * fix missing includes and forward declarations
+  * rename do_retransmission
+  * mgcp_sdp: fix potential leak
+  * stats: make sanitizers happy
+  * libosmo-mgcp: cleanup audio codex alloc
+  * libosmo-mgcp: atomic rate counter group indexes
+  * libosmo-mgcp: do not use the default msgb talloc context
+  * globally lock the portrange when trying to grab a port to prep for multithreading
+  * embed strings into structs
+  * adjust talloc context
+  * endp: do not cache cfg pointer
+  * add modified .clang-format
+  * rename strip_epname and find_specific_endpoint and make them available
+  * fix mgcp_conn_free_all
+  * fix up some docstrings that lost their dot
+
+  [ Vadim Yanitskiy ]
+  * libosmo-mgcp: use OSMO_STRLCPY_ARRAY in mgcp_codec_add()
+
+ -- Pau Espin Pedrol <pespin@sysmocom.de>  Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:59:21 +0100
+
 osmo-mgw (1.8.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * attempt to fix RPM spec file after recent soversion bump
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8246708..2ca9a13 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
                dh-autoreconf,
                pkg-config,
                autotools-dev,
-               libosmocore-dev (>= 1.5.0),
+               libosmocore-dev (>= 1.6.0),
                libosmo-netif-dev (>= 1.1.0),
-               libosmo-abis-dev (>= 1.1.0),
-               osmo-gsm-manuals-dev (>= 1.1.0)
+               libosmo-abis-dev (>= 1.2.0),
+               osmo-gsm-manuals-dev (>= 1.2.0)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Vcs-Git: git://git.osmocom.org/osmo-mgw.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://git.osmocom.org/osmo-mgw/
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
 Description: OsmoMGW: Osmocom's Media Gateway for 2G and 3G circuit-switched mobile networks
 
-Package: libosmo-mgcp-client8
+Package: libosmo-mgcp-client9
 Section: libs
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
-Depends: libosmo-mgcp-client8 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: libosmo-mgcp-client9 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
 Description: libosmo-mgcp-client: Osmocom's Media Gateway Control Protocol client utilities
 
 Package: osmo-mgw-doc
diff --git a/debian/libosmo-mgcp-client8.install b/debian/libosmo-mgcp-client9.install
similarity index 100%
rename from debian/libosmo-mgcp-client8.install
rename to debian/libosmo-mgcp-client9.install
diff --git a/src/libosmo-mgcp-client/Makefile.am b/src/libosmo-mgcp-client/Makefile.am
index c472ec1..4d9ec5f 100644
--- a/src/libosmo-mgcp-client/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libosmo-mgcp-client/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 # This is not at all related to the release version, but a range of supported
 # API versions. Read TODO_RELEASE in the source tree's root!
-MGCP_CLIENT_LIBVERSION=8:0:0
+MGCP_CLIENT_LIBVERSION=9:0:0
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = \
 	libosmo-mgcp-client.la \