diff --git a/content/versions.yml b/content/versions.yml
index 8f1ca21b..8d1f92ab 100644
--- a/content/versions.yml
+++ b/content/versions.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+- title: '16.9'
+  changelog: https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1690-august-8-2019
 - title: '16.8'
+  path: /version/16.8
   changelog: https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1680-february-6-2019
+  url: https://5d4b5feba32acd0008d0df98--reactjs.netlify.com/
 - title: '16.7'
   path: /version/16.7
   changelog: https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1670-december-19-2018
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 10ed4e01..b22d1955 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     "normalize.css": "^8.0.0",
     "prettier": "^1.7.4",
     "prismjs": "^1.15.0",
-    "react": "16.8.6",
-    "react-dom": "16.8.6",
+    "react": "^16.9.0",
+    "react-dom": "^16.9.0",
     "react-helmet": "^5.2.0",
     "react-live": "1.8.0-0",
     "remarkable": "^1.7.1",
diff --git a/src/site-constants.js b/src/site-constants.js
index 4618432e..f109e71b 100644
--- a/src/site-constants.js
+++ b/src/site-constants.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // NOTE: We can't just use `location.toString()` because when we are rendering
 // the SSR part in node.js we won't have a proper location.
 const urlRoot = 'https://reactjs.org';
-const version = '16.8.6';
+const version = '16.9.0';
 const babelURL = 'https://unpkg.com/babel-standalone@6.26.0/babel.min.js';
 
 export {babelURL, urlRoot, version};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fd392c92..48059494 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10241,15 +10241,15 @@ react-dev-utils@^4.2.1:
     strip-ansi "3.0.1"
     text-table "0.2.0"
 
-react-dom@16.8.6:
-  version "16.8.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dom/-/react-dom-16.8.6.tgz#71d6303f631e8b0097f56165ef608f051ff6e10f"
-  integrity sha512-1nL7PIq9LTL3fthPqwkvr2zY7phIPjYrT0jp4HjyEQrEROnw4dG41VVwi/wfoCneoleqrNX7iAD+pXebJZwrwA==
+react-dom@^16.9.0:
+  version "16.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dom/-/react-dom-16.9.0.tgz#5e65527a5e26f22ae3701131bcccaee9fb0d3962"
+  integrity sha512-YFT2rxO9hM70ewk9jq0y6sQk8cL02xm4+IzYBz75CQGlClQQ1Bxq0nhHF6OtSbit+AIahujJgb/CPRibFkMNJQ==
   dependencies:
     loose-envify "^1.1.0"
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
     prop-types "^15.6.2"
-    scheduler "^0.13.6"
+    scheduler "^0.15.0"
 
 react-error-overlay@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
@@ -10303,15 +10303,14 @@ react-side-effect@^1.1.0:
     exenv "^1.2.1"
     shallowequal "^1.0.1"
 
-react@16.8.6:
-  version "16.8.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.8.6.tgz#ad6c3a9614fd3a4e9ef51117f54d888da01f2bbe"
-  integrity sha512-pC0uMkhLaHm11ZSJULfOBqV4tIZkx87ZLvbbQYunNixAAvjnC+snJCg0XQXn9VIsttVsbZP/H/ewzgsd5fxKXw==
+react@^16.9.0:
+  version "16.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.9.0.tgz#40ba2f9af13bc1a38d75dbf2f4359a5185c4f7aa"
+  integrity sha512-+7LQnFBwkiw+BobzOF6N//BdoNw0ouwmSJTEm9cglOOmsg/TMiFHZLe2sEoN5M7LgJTj9oHH0gxklfnQe66S1w==
   dependencies:
     loose-envify "^1.1.0"
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
     prop-types "^15.6.2"
-    scheduler "^0.13.6"
 
 read-all-stream@^3.0.0:
   version "3.1.0"
@@ -11020,10 +11019,10 @@ sax@>=0.6.0, sax@^1.2.4, sax@~1.2.1, sax@~1.2.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sax/-/sax-1.2.4.tgz#2816234e2378bddc4e5354fab5caa895df7100d9"
   integrity sha512-NqVDv9TpANUjFm0N8uM5GxL36UgKi9/atZw+x7YFnQ8ckwFGKrl4xX4yWtrey3UJm5nP1kUbnYgLopqWNSRhWw==
 
-scheduler@^0.13.6:
-  version "0.13.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.13.6.tgz#466a4ec332467b31a91b9bf74e5347072e4cd889"
-  integrity sha512-IWnObHt413ucAYKsD9J1QShUKkbKLQQHdxRyw73sw4FN26iWr3DY/H34xGPe4nmL1DwXyWmSWmMrA9TfQbE/XQ==
+scheduler@^0.15.0:
+  version "0.15.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.15.0.tgz#6bfcf80ff850b280fed4aeecc6513bc0b4f17f8e"
+  integrity sha512-xAefmSfN6jqAa7Kuq7LIJY0bwAPG3xlCj0HMEBQk1lxYiDKZscY2xJ5U/61ZTrYbmNQbXa+gc7czPkVo11tnCg==
   dependencies:
     loose-envify "^1.1.0"
     object-assign "^4.1.1"