diff --git a/cli/CHANGELOG.md b/cli/CHANGELOG.md
index ebfe13c7..dc503aab 100644
--- a/cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+# [2.9.0](https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/compare/@napi-rs/cli@2.8.0...@napi-rs/cli@2.9.0) (2022-05-14)
+
+### Features
+
+- **cli:** allow specifying an alternative cargo binary via `CARGO` env var ([#1181](https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/issues/1181)) ([1399288](https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/commit/1399288df5b16fd615b2b0a5a24f72ac602635a4))
+
 # [2.8.0](https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/compare/@napi-rs/cli@2.8.0-alpha.0...@napi-rs/cli@2.8.0) (2022-05-07)
 
 **Note:** Version bump only for package @napi-rs/cli
diff --git a/cli/package.json b/cli/package.json
index 66ad6f8c..9e6bcd54 100644
--- a/cli/package.json
+++ b/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@napi-rs/cli",
-  "version": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.9.0",
   "description": "Cli tools for napi-rs",
   "keywords": [
     "cli",