diff --git a/.github/workflows/dashboards-notifications-test-and-build-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/dashboards-notifications-test-and-build-workflow.yml
index 6f1ce6b7..b9925250 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dashboards-notifications-test-and-build-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dashboards-notifications-test-and-build-workflow.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ on: [pull_request, push]
 env:
   PLUGIN_NAME: notifications-dashboards
   OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_VERSION: '2.x'
-  OPENSEARCH_VERSION: '2.8.0-SNAPSHOT'
 
 jobs:
   tests:
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
               brew install coreutils
           fi
           cd notifications/notifications
-          ./gradlew run -Dopensearch.version=${{ env.OPENSEARCH_VERSION }} -x integTest -x jacocoTestReport &
+          ./gradlew run -x integTest -x jacocoTestReport &
           timeout 300 bash -c 'while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w ''%{http_code}'' localhost:9200)" != "200" ]]; do sleep 5; done'
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/opensearch_dashboards.json b/opensearch_dashboards.json
index 03ce95eb..15f4ccbd 100644
--- a/opensearch_dashboards.json
+++ b/opensearch_dashboards.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "notificationsDashboards",
-  "version": "2.8.0.0",
-  "opensearchDashboardsVersion": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.9.0.0",
+  "opensearchDashboardsVersion": "2.9.0",
   "requiredPlugins": [
     "navigation",
     "data"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5f611641..8ea255df 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "notifications-dashboards",
-  "version": "2.8.0.0",
+  "version": "2.9.0.0",
   "description": "OpenSearch Dashboards Notifications Plugin",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "main": "index.ts",