version bump to v2.9.0

Author: flavorjones

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # sqlite3-ruby Changelog
 
+## 2.9.0 / 2025-12-27
+
+### Ruby
+
+- Introduce native gem packages for Ruby 4.0. @flavorjones
+- Drop support for Ruby 3.1. @flavorjones
+
+### Added
+
+- Introduce `Statement#named_params` to introspect on a parameterized SQL statement. #627 #642 @captn3m0
+
+### Improved
+
+- Small improvements to docstrings and comments. @flavorjones @houyuanjie
+
+
 ## 2.8.1 / 2025-11-29
 
 - Vendored sqlite is updated to [v3.51.1](https://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_51_1.html) (from v3.51.0). #659 @flavorjones

lib/sqlite3/version.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 module SQLite3
   # (String) the version of the sqlite3 gem, e.g. "2.1.1"
-  VERSION = "2.8.1"
+  VERSION = "2.9.0"
 end