diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b45f600ba..e5d9720138 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## v2.9.0
-
-### New features
-* Adds the ability to create subdeployments that retry deployments with a smaller subset of devices.
-This feature creates a more efficient way to test and resolve unsuccessful deployments.
-
-### Bug fixes and improvements
-* Improves support for systems that don't have useradd, groupadd, and usermod.
-* Additional minor fixes and improvements.
-
 ## v2.8.1
 
 ### Bug fixes and improvements
diff --git a/conf/recipe.yaml b/conf/recipe.yaml
index eaa8caf27d..147a5caf25 100644
--- a/conf/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conf/recipe.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ComponentName: aws.greengrass.Nucleus
 ComponentType: aws.greengrass.nucleus
 ComponentDescription: Core functionality for device side orchestration of deployments and lifecycle management for execution of Greengrass components and applications. This includes features such as starting, stopping, and monitoring execution of components and apps, inter-process communication server for communication between components, component installation and configuration management. This is a fundamental cornerstone of open-sourcing Greengrass, providing documentation and ability to debug Greengrass Core.
 ComponentPublisher: AWS
-ComponentVersion: '2.10.0'
+ComponentVersion: '2.9.0'
 ComponentConfiguration:
   DefaultConfiguration:
     iotDataEndpoint: ""
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b6de96272..8caaf6628c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.aws.greengrass</groupId>
     <artifactId>nucleus</artifactId>
-    <version>2.10.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@
         <excludedGroups>E2E,E2E-INTRUSIVE</excludedGroups>
         <groups></groups>
         <greengrassjar.name>Greengrass</greengrassjar.name>
-        <lastVersion>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</lastVersion>
+        <lastVersion>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</lastVersion>
     </properties>
     <distributionManagement>
         <snapshotRepository>
diff --git a/src/test/greengrass-nucleus-benchmark/pom.xml b/src/test/greengrass-nucleus-benchmark/pom.xml
index 2c75c80ec4..4bdfa006d2 100644
--- a/src/test/greengrass-nucleus-benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/src/test/greengrass-nucleus-benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.aws.greengrass</groupId>
     <artifactId>greengrass-nucleus-benchmark</artifactId>
-    <version>2.10.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>JMH benchmark sample: Java</name>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.aws.greengrass</groupId>
             <artifactId>nucleus</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>