diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 9ad0df50c..06e2e65a4 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.9.0rc1
+current_version = 1.9.0
 parse = (?P<major>[\d]+) # major version number
 	\.(?P<minor>[\d]+) # minor version number
 	\.(?P<patch>[\d]+) # patch version number
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0-rc1.md b/.changes/1.9.0-rc1.md
deleted file mode 100644
index c933b5130..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0-rc1.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-## dbt-bigquery 1.9.0-rc1 - December 02, 2024
-
-### Breaking Changes
-
-- Drop support for Python 3.8 ([#1373](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1373))
-
-### Features
-
-- add is_retryable test case when raise ServiceUnavailable ([#682](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/682))
-- Adds the ability to set optional `quota_project` in profile ([#1343](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1343), [#1344](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1344))
-
-### Fixes
-
-- use "direct" write for non-partitioned python model materializations ([#1318](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1318))
-
-### Under the Hood
-
-- Isolating distribution testing ([#1290](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1290))
-- Separate credentials functionality into its own module for reuse in retry and python submissions ([#1391](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1391))
-- Create a retry factory to simplify retry strategies across dbt-bigquery ([#1395](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1395))
-
-### Dependencies
-
-- Update wheel requirement from ~=0.42 to ~=0.43 ([#1304](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1304))
-
-### Contributors
-- [@jcarpenter12](https://github.com/jcarpenter12) ([#1343](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1343), [#1344](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1344))
-- [@jx2lee](https://github.com/jx2lee) ([#682](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/682))
-- [@leahwicz](https://github.com/leahwicz) ([#1290](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1290))
-- [@osalama](https://github.com/osalama) ([#1395](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1395))
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0-b1.md b/.changes/1.9.0.md
similarity index 65%
rename from .changes/1.9.0-b1.md
rename to .changes/1.9.0.md
index 7d0dd2c8f..41493a0ee 100644
--- a/.changes/1.9.0-b1.md
+++ b/.changes/1.9.0.md
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
-## dbt-bigquery 1.9.0-b1 - October 02, 2024
+## dbt-bigquery 1.9.0 - December 09, 2024
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.8 ([#1373](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1373))
 
 ### Features
 
 - Add configuration options `enable_list_inference` and `intermediate_format` for python models ([#1047](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1047), [#1114](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1114))
 - Add tests for cross-database `cast` macro ([#1214](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1214))
 - Cross-database `date` macro ([#1221](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1221))
+- add is_retryable test case when raise ServiceUnavailable ([#682](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/682))
 - Add support for base 64 encoded json keyfile credentials ([#923](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/923))
 - Add support for cancelling queries on keyboard interrupt ([#917](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/917))
+- Adds the ability to set optional `quota_project` in profile ([#1343](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1343), [#1344](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1344))
 - Add Microbatch Strategy to dbt-spark ([#1354](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1354))
 
 ### Fixes
@@ -16,11 +22,17 @@
 - make seed delimiter configurable via `field_delimeter` in model config ([#1119](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1119))
 - Default `enableListInference` to `True` for python models to support nested lists ([#1047](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1047), [#1114](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1114))
 - Catch additional database error exception, NotFound, as a DbtDatabaseError instead of defaulting to a DbtRuntimeError ([#1360](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1360))
+- use "direct" write for non-partitioned python model materializations ([#1318](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1318))
+- Cast `event_time` to a timestamp prior to comparing against microbatch start/end time ([#1422](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1422))
+- Fix issue where rate limit errors on table service calls are not retried ([#1423](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1423))
 
 ### Under the Hood
 
 - Lazy load `agate` ([#1162](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1162))
 - Simplify linting environment and dev dependencies ([#1291](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1291))
+- Isolating distribution testing ([#1290](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1290))
+- Separate credentials functionality into its own module for reuse in retry and python submissions ([#1391](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1391))
+- Create a retry factory to simplify retry strategies across dbt-bigquery ([#1395](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1395))
 
 ### Dependencies
 
@@ -35,10 +47,15 @@
 - Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.5 to ~=3.6 ([#1282](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1282))
 - Update flaky requirement from ~=3.7 to ~=3.8 ([#1283](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1283))
 - Update twine requirement from ~=4.0 to ~=5.1 ([#1293](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1293))
+- Update wheel requirement from ~=0.42 to ~=0.43 ([#1304](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1304))
 
 ### Contributors
 - [@d-cole](https://github.com/d-cole) ([#917](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/917))
 - [@dwreeves](https://github.com/dwreeves) ([#1162](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1162))
+- [@jcarpenter12](https://github.com/jcarpenter12) ([#1343](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1343), [#1344](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1344))
+- [@jx2lee](https://github.com/jx2lee) ([#682](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/682))
+- [@leahwicz](https://github.com/leahwicz) ([#1290](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1290))
+- [@osalama](https://github.com/osalama) ([#1395](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1395))
 - [@robeleb1](https://github.com/robeleb1) ([#923](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/923))
 - [@salimmoulouel](https://github.com/salimmoulouel) ([#1119](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1119))
 - [@vinit2107](https://github.com/vinit2107) ([#1036](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1036))
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Breaking Changes
-body: Drop support for Python 3.8
-time: 2024-10-16T18:51:17.581547-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1373"
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update pre-commit requirement from ~=3.5 to ~=3.7"
-time: 2023-12-11T00:10:48.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1052
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update freezegun requirement from ~=1.3 to ~=1.4"
-time: 2023-12-20T00:21:30.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1062
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump mypy from 1.7.1 to 1.8.0"
-time: 2023-12-22T00:23:51.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1064
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update flake8 requirement from ~=6.1 to ~=7.0"
-time: 2024-01-05T00:48:00.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1069
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240429-005158.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240429-005158.yaml
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump actions/download-artifact from 3 to 4"
-time: 2024-04-29T00:51:58.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1209
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump actions/upload-artifact from 3 to 4"
-time: 2024-04-29T00:51:59.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1210
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240520-230208.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Dependencies-20240520-230208.yaml
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Bump ubuntu from 22.04 to 24.04 in /docker"
-time: 2024-05-20T23:02:08.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1247
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update pre-commit-hooks requirement from ~=4.5 to ~=4.6"
-time: 2024-07-18T00:57:55.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1281
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.5 to ~=3.6"
-time: 2024-07-18T00:57:56.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1282
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update flaky requirement from ~=3.7 to ~=3.8"
-time: 2024-07-18T00:57:57.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1283
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update twine requirement from ~=4.0 to ~=5.1"
-time: 2024-07-19T00:37:40.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1293
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-kind: "Dependencies"
-body: "Update wheel requirement from ~=0.42 to ~=0.43"
-time: 2024-07-24T04:07:44.00000Z
-custom:
-  Author: dependabot[bot]
-  PR: 1304
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index 0af2f9aa8..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240426-105319.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Add configuration options `enable_list_inference` and `intermediate_format` for python
-  models
-time: 2024-04-26T10:53:19.874239-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: 1047 1114
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deleted file mode 100644
index 0c0eef567..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240430-185650.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Add tests for cross-database `cast` macro
-time: 2024-04-30T18:56:50.238027-06:00
-custom:
-  Author: dbeatty10
-  Issue: "1214"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240501-151902.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240501-151902.yaml
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--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Features-20240501-151902.yaml
+++ /dev/null
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-kind: Features
-body: Cross-database `date` macro
-time: 2024-05-01T15:19:02.929676-06:00
-custom:
-  Author: dbeatty10
-  Issue: 1221
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-kind: Features
-body: add is_retryable test case when raise ServiceUnavailable
-time: 2024-05-05T01:18:38.737882+09:00
-custom:
-  Author: jx2lee
-  Issue: "682"
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-kind: Features
-body: Add support for base 64 encoded json keyfile credentials
-time: 2024-05-16T12:57:35.383416-07:00
-custom:
-    Author: robeleb1
-    Issue: "923"
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-kind: Features
-body: Add support for cancelling queries on keyboard interrupt
-time: 2024-07-30T13:59:11.585452-07:00
-custom:
-  Author: d-cole MichelleArk colin-rogers-dbt
-  Issue: "917"
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-kind: Features
-body: Adds the ability to set optional `quota_project` in profile
-time: 2024-09-11T23:48:59.767649+01:00
-custom:
-    Author: jcarpenter12
-    Issue: 1343 1344
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-kind: Features
-body: Add Microbatch Strategy to dbt-spark
-time: 2024-09-25T23:22:38.216277+01:00
-custom:
-  Author: michelleark
-  Issue: "1354"
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-kind: Fixes
-body: Drop intermediate objects created in BigQuery for incremental models
-time: 2024-01-20T18:08:18.817915-06:00
-custom:
-  Author: vinit2107
-  Issue: "1036"
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-kind: Fixes
-body: Fix null column index issue during `dbt docs generate` for external tables
-time: 2024-02-01T14:53:23.434624-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1079"
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-kind: Fixes
-body: make seed delimiter configurable via `field_delimeter` in model config
-time: 2024-02-26T23:30:24.141213+01:00
-custom:
-  Author: salimmoulouel
-  Issue: "1119"
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-kind: Fixes
-body: Default `enableListInference` to `True` for python models to support nested
-  lists
-time: 2024-04-26T10:52:24.827314-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: 1047 1114
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-kind: Fixes
-body: Catch additional database error exception, NotFound, as a DbtDatabaseError instead
-  of defaulting to a DbtRuntimeError
-time: 2024-10-01T19:32:07.304353-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1360"
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-body: use "direct" write for non-partitioned python model materializations
-time: 2024-10-28T17:27:19.306348-07:00
-custom:
-  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
-  Issue: "1318"
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-time: 2024-03-31T10:14:18.260074-04:00
-custom:
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-  Issue: "1162"
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-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Simplify linting environment and dev dependencies
-time: 2024-07-18T19:32:06.044016-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1291"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240910-212052.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240910-212052.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e4885dcd..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20240910-212052.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Isolating distribution testing
-time: 2024-09-10T21:20:52.574204-04:00
-custom:
-    Author: leahwicz
-    Issue: "1290"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241104-173815.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241104-173815.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e3e81dec1..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241104-173815.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Separate credentials functionality into its own module for reuse in retry and
-  python submissions
-time: 2024-11-04T17:38:15.940962-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1391"
diff --git a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241107-143856.yaml b/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241107-143856.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index db8557bf0..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.9.0/Under the Hood-20241107-143856.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Create a retry factory to simplify retry strategies across dbt-bigquery
-time: 2024-11-07T14:38:56.210445-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare osalama
-  Issue: "1395"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241204-105846.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241204-105846.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2693e4513..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241204-105846.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Cast `event_time` to a timestamp prior to comparing against microbatch start/end
-  time
-time: 2024-12-04T10:58:46.573608-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: michelleark
-  Issue: "1422"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241205-133606.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241205-133606.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b88a0981c..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241205-133606.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Fix issue where rate limit errors on table service calls are not retried
-time: 2024-12-05T13:36:06.436005-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "1423"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 671411790..9488579fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 - "Breaking changes" listed under a version may require action from end users or external maintainers when upgrading to that version.
 - Do not edit this file directly. This file is auto-generated using [changie](https://github.com/miniscruff/changie). For details on how to document a change, see [the contributing guide](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-changelog-entry)
 
-## dbt-bigquery 1.9.0-rc1 - December 02, 2024
+## dbt-bigquery 1.9.0 - December 09, 2024
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
@@ -13,39 +13,13 @@
 
 ### Features
 
-- add is_retryable test case when raise ServiceUnavailable ([#682](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/682))
-- Adds the ability to set optional `quota_project` in profile ([#1343](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1343), [#1344](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1344))
-
-### Fixes
-
-- use "direct" write for non-partitioned python model materializations ([#1318](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1318))
-
-### Under the Hood
-
-- Isolating distribution testing ([#1290](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1290))
-- Separate credentials functionality into its own module for reuse in retry and python submissions ([#1391](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1391))
-- Create a retry factory to simplify retry strategies across dbt-bigquery ([#1395](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1395))
-
-### Dependencies
-
-- Update wheel requirement from ~=0.42 to ~=0.43 ([#1304](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1304))
-
-### Contributors
-- [@jcarpenter12](https://github.com/jcarpenter12) ([#1343](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1343), [#1344](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1344))
-- [@jx2lee](https://github.com/jx2lee) ([#682](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/682))
-- [@leahwicz](https://github.com/leahwicz) ([#1290](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1290))
-- [@osalama](https://github.com/osalama) ([#1395](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1395))
-
-
-## dbt-bigquery 1.9.0-b1 - October 02, 2024
-
-### Features
-
 - Add configuration options `enable_list_inference` and `intermediate_format` for python models ([#1047](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1047), [#1114](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1114))
 - Add tests for cross-database `cast` macro ([#1214](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1214))
 - Cross-database `date` macro ([#1221](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1221))
+- add is_retryable test case when raise ServiceUnavailable ([#682](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/682))
 - Add support for base 64 encoded json keyfile credentials ([#923](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/923))
 - Add support for cancelling queries on keyboard interrupt ([#917](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/917))
+- Adds the ability to set optional `quota_project` in profile ([#1343](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1343), [#1344](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1344))
 - Add Microbatch Strategy to dbt-spark ([#1354](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1354))
 
 ### Fixes
@@ -55,11 +29,17 @@
 - make seed delimiter configurable via `field_delimeter` in model config ([#1119](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1119))
 - Default `enableListInference` to `True` for python models to support nested lists ([#1047](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1047), [#1114](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1114))
 - Catch additional database error exception, NotFound, as a DbtDatabaseError instead of defaulting to a DbtRuntimeError ([#1360](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1360))
+- use "direct" write for non-partitioned python model materializations ([#1318](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1318))
+- Cast `event_time` to a timestamp prior to comparing against microbatch start/end time ([#1422](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1422))
+- Fix issue where rate limit errors on table service calls are not retried ([#1423](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1423))
 
 ### Under the Hood
 
 - Lazy load `agate` ([#1162](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1162))
 - Simplify linting environment and dev dependencies ([#1291](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1291))
+- Isolating distribution testing ([#1290](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1290))
+- Separate credentials functionality into its own module for reuse in retry and python submissions ([#1391](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1391))
+- Create a retry factory to simplify retry strategies across dbt-bigquery ([#1395](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1395))
 
 ### Dependencies
 
@@ -74,14 +54,20 @@
 - Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.5 to ~=3.6 ([#1282](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1282))
 - Update flaky requirement from ~=3.7 to ~=3.8 ([#1283](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1283))
 - Update twine requirement from ~=4.0 to ~=5.1 ([#1293](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1293))
+- Update wheel requirement from ~=0.42 to ~=0.43 ([#1304](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1304))
 
 ### Contributors
 - [@d-cole](https://github.com/d-cole) ([#917](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/917))
 - [@dwreeves](https://github.com/dwreeves) ([#1162](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1162))
+- [@jcarpenter12](https://github.com/jcarpenter12) ([#1343](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1343), [#1344](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1344))
+- [@jx2lee](https://github.com/jx2lee) ([#682](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/682))
+- [@leahwicz](https://github.com/leahwicz) ([#1290](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1290))
+- [@osalama](https://github.com/osalama) ([#1395](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1395))
 - [@robeleb1](https://github.com/robeleb1) ([#923](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/923))
 - [@salimmoulouel](https://github.com/salimmoulouel) ([#1119](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1119))
 - [@vinit2107](https://github.com/vinit2107) ([#1036](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1036))
 
+
 ## Previous Releases
 For information on prior major and minor releases, see their changelogs:
 - [1.6](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/blob/1.6.latest/CHANGELOG.md)
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py
index c70591d8a..7aba64097 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.9.0rc1"
+version = "1.9.0"