diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index e20961a..ad0b5af 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+version 0.9.4
+-------------
+
+- new env var MAX_SESSIONS, see docs/ENV-NOTES.  The default limit is
+  1,000 sessions so raise this if you want to be able to take more.
+- a couple of minor bug fixes relating to paused connections
+- removed RPC calls numsessions and numpeers.  They're not very interesting
+  and all that and more is in getinfo.
+
 version 0.9.3
 -------------
 
diff --git a/server/version.py b/server/version.py
index 8dddfb1..bff806e 100644
--- a/server/version.py
+++ b/server/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "ElectrumX 0.9.3"
+VERSION = "ElectrumX 0.9.4"