diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e11057ce3..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "docs"]
-	path = docs
-	url = https://github.com/lava-nc/lava-docs.git
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c4003a75..a6fd40b32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ cd $HOME
 curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
 git clone git@github.com:lava-nc/lava.git
 cd lava
-git checkout v0.8.0
+git checkout v0.9.0
 ./utils/githook/install-hook.sh
 poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
 poetry install
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pytest
 cd $HOME
 git clone git@github.com:lava-nc/lava.git
 cd lava
-git checkout v0.8.0
+git checkout v0.9.0
 python3 -m venv .venv
 .venv\Scripts\activate
 pip install -U pip
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ python -m venv .venv
 source .venv/bin/activate ## Or Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
 pip install -U pip
 # Substitute lava version needed for lava-nc-<version here>.tar.gz below
-pip install lava-nc-0.8.0.tar.gz
+pip install lava-nc-0.9.0.tar.gz
 ```
 
 ## Linting, testing, documentation and packaging
diff --git a/docs b/docs
deleted file mode 160000
index 9492b5759..000000000
--- a/docs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 9492b5759b081812e1d111e6f188d2ee2bba94d4
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d5f7f851..536b83b0e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ packages = [
     {include = "tests"}
 ]
 include = ["tutorials"]
-version = "0.8.0.dev0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "A Software Framework for Neuromorphic Computing"
 homepage = "https://lava-nc.org/"