diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c063ed..ddb5d48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # CHANGELOG for cookbook-openstack-object-storage
 
 This file is used to list changes made in each version of cookbook-openstack-object-storage.
+## 9.0.0
+* Upgrade to Icehouse
 
 ## 8.3.0:
 * Rename all attributes to conform to other cookbooks.
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 25ac343..a435990 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ default['openstack']['object-storage']['git_builder_ip'] = '127.0.0.1'
 
 # the release only has any effect on ubuntu, and must be
 # a valid release on http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu
-default['openstack']['object-storage']['release'] = 'havana'
+default['openstack']['object-storage']['release'] = 'icehouse'
 
 # we support an optional secret databag where we will retrieve the
 # following attributes overriding any default attributes here
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index e8e964f..b770b22 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ maintainer        'ATT, Inc.'
 license           'Apache 2.0'
 description       'Installs and configures Openstack Swift'
 long_description  IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version           '8.3.0'
+version           '9.0.0'
 
 recipe            'openstack-object-storage::account-server', 'Installs the swift account server'
 recipe            'openstack-object-storage::client', 'Install the switch client'
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ recipe            'openstack-object-storage::setup', 'Does initial setup of a sw
   supports os
 end
 
-depends 'memcached'
-depends 'statsd'
-depends 'apt'
-depends 'openstack-common', '~> 8.0'
+depends 'memcached', '~> 1.7.2'
+depends 'statsd', '~> 0.1.5'
+depends 'apt', '~> 2.3.8'
+depends 'openstack-common', '~> 9.0'
diff --git a/spec/common_spec.rb b/spec/common_spec.rb
index f9d28cf..9e64c07 100644
--- a/spec/common_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/common_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe 'openstack-object-storage::common' do
       @node = @chef_run.node
 
       # TODO: this does not work
-      # ::Chef::Log.should_receive(:info).with('chefspec: precise-updates/havana')
+      # ::Chef::Log.should_receive(:info).with('chefspec: precise-updates/icehouse')
 
       @chef_run.converge 'openstack-object-storage::common'
     end