diff --git a/docs/changelog/0.9.5.rst b/docs/changelog/0.9.5.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c374f601e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/0.9.5.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+0.9.5 (2023-10-10)
+==================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add ``XML`` file format support. (:github:pull:`163`)
+- Tested compatibility with Spark 3.5.0. ``MongoDB`` and ``Excel`` are not supported yet, but other packages do. (:github:pull:`159`)
+
+
+Improvements
+------------
+
+- Add check to all DB and FileDF connections that Spark session is alive. (:github:pull:`164`)
+
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- Fix ``Hive.check()`` behavior when Hive Metastore is not available. (:github:pull:`164`)
diff --git a/docs/changelog/NEXT_RELEASE.rst b/docs/changelog/NEXT_RELEASE.rst
index 5e26856b4..a598be017 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/NEXT_RELEASE.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog/NEXT_RELEASE.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-.. copy this file with new release name
-.. then fill it up using towncrier build
-.. and add it to index.rst
+.. fill up this file using ``towncrier build``
+.. then delete everything up to the header with version number
+.. then rename file to ``{VERSION}.rst`` and add it to index.rst
+.. and restore ``NEXT_RELEASE.rst`` content`` as it was before running the command above
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
diff --git a/docs/changelog/index.rst b/docs/changelog/index.rst
index 6130bfdc8..276dd3cf6 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/index.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog/index.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
     DRAFT
     NEXT_RELEASE
+    0.9.5
     0.9.4
     0.9.3
     0.9.2
diff --git a/docs/changelog/next_release/159.feature.rst b/docs/changelog/next_release/159.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 90363f312..000000000
--- a/docs/changelog/next_release/159.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Tested compatibility with Spark 3.5.0. ``MongoDB`` and ``Excel`` are not supported yet, but other packages do.
diff --git a/docs/changelog/next_release/163.feature.rst b/docs/changelog/next_release/163.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f6663484e..000000000
--- a/docs/changelog/next_release/163.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add ``XML`` file format support.
diff --git a/docs/changelog/next_release/164.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/next_release/164.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e9c591100..000000000
--- a/docs/changelog/next_release/164.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix ``Hive.check()`` behavior when Hive Metastore is not available.
diff --git a/docs/changelog/next_release/164.improvement.rst b/docs/changelog/next_release/164.improvement.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 09799b8d2..000000000
--- a/docs/changelog/next_release/164.improvement.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add check to all DB and FileDF connections that Spark session is alive.