diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc083c6..566965d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ If you have [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) installed locally, just run the fo
 ```bash
 user@hostname$ ./build.sh
 ```
-By default this will build alacritty v0.8.0 on Debian Buster.
+By default this will build alacritty v0.9.0 on Debian Buster.
 
 If you want to customize the build at runtime, use the following:
 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index c37a265..bb735d2 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -eu
 
 IMAGE="debian:buster-slim"
 TARGET="$(dirname "$0" | xargs realpath)"
-VERSION="v0.9.0-rc5"
+VERSION="v0.9.0"
 
 while getopts "v:i:h" opt
 do
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 613ff51..a058bb5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+alacritty (0.9.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release
+  * Remove manual terminfo file installation
+  * Added `ncurses-term` to recommended package list
+
+ -- Martin Simon <me@martinsimon.me>  Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000
+
 alacritty (0.9.0-rc5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 746f9b1..0aab6ba 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Architecture: amd64
 Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${shlibs:Depends},
+Recommends: ncurses-term
 Provides:
  x-terminal-emulator
 Description: GPU-accelerated terminal emulator
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 7ff186e..07c3a1c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	install -Dm0644 "extra/completions/_alacritty" "debian/alacritty/usr/share/vendor-completions/_alacritty"
 	install -Dm0644 "extra/logo/alacritty-term.svg" "debian/alacritty/usr/share/pixmaps/com.alacritty.Alacritty.svg"
 	install -Dm0644 "extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop" "debian/alacritty/usr/share/applications/com.alacritty.Alacritty.desktop"
-	tic -x -e alacritty,alacritty-direct -o "debian/alacritty/usr/share/terminfo" "extra/alacritty.info"
 	sed -i 's/Icon=Alacritty/Icon=com.alacritty.Alacritty/g' "debian/alacritty/usr/share/applications/com.alacritty.Alacritty.desktop"
 
 override_dh_installexamples: