diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.9.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..09af9ddbc77bc07add91f901f92a6dedcad8f66c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Git v2.4.9 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.4.9
+------------------
+
+ * A handful of codepaths that used to use fixed-sized arrays to hold
+   pathnames have been corrected to use strbuf and other mechanisms to
+   allow longer pathnames without fearing overflows.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index a8740b994b0ac7cb0c97bbbbd236f9af8a55930d..97d9fb41b2b41555732cc349da043f7ce3a2f24a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v2.4.8/git.html[documentation for release 2.4.8]
+* link:v2.4.9/git.html[documentation for release 2.4.9]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/2.4.9.txt[2.4.9],
   link:RelNotes/2.4.8.txt[2.4.8],
   link:RelNotes/2.4.7.txt[2.4.7],
   link:RelNotes/2.4.6.txt[2.4.6],
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index a6a0bf9aa70cc0e1e14c71e7ba1f0b8b3ed829a9..38e296b311bfe959bfe3c0382883598258aadf48 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.4.8
+DEF_VER=v2.4.9
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index b5645b3f740d01b2f6e1a0ae7a07555cca127ee8..3e8a59f846b1c5167bff8b0c95c3a23f5d9e224d 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.8.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.9.txt
\ No newline at end of file