diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # kiroku-otel changelog
 
+## 0.2.0.9 — 2026-09-25
+
+### Other Changes
+
+* Requires `kiroku-store ^>=0.9`, which requires schema migration `0012` from
+  kiroku-store-migrations 0.6.0.0 and serves category reads from the new `$all`
+  category index. The tracer's source, API and runtime behavior are unchanged.
+
 ## 0.2.0.8 — 2026-09-18
 
 ### Other Changes
diff --git a/kiroku-otel.cabal b/kiroku-otel.cabal
--- a/kiroku-otel.cabal
+++ b/kiroku-otel.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:   3.0
 name:            kiroku-otel
-version:         0.2.0.8
+version:         0.2.0.9
 synopsis:
   OpenTelemetry W3C trace-context helpers for Kiroku event metadata
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     , hs-opentelemetry-api                   ^>=1.0
     , hs-opentelemetry-propagator-w3c        ^>=1.0
     , hs-opentelemetry-semantic-conventions  ^>=1.40
-    , kiroku-store                           ^>=0.8
+    , kiroku-store                           ^>=0.9
     , lens                                   >=5.2   && <5.4
     , text                                   >=2.0   && <2.2
     , unordered-containers                   >=0.2   && <0.3
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     , hs-opentelemetry-sdk                 ^>=1.0
     , hspec                                >=2.10  && <2.12
     , kiroku-otel
-    , kiroku-store                         ^>=0.8
+    , kiroku-store                         ^>=0.9
     , kiroku-test-support
     , lens                                 >=5.2   && <5.4
     , stm                                  >=2.5   && <2.6