diff --git a/.nuget/directxtk_desktop_2019.nuspec b/.nuget/directxtk_desktop_2019.nuspec
index 6e1d6661..fcee41e6 100644
--- a/.nuget/directxtk_desktop_2019.nuspec
+++ b/.nuget/directxtk_desktop_2019.nuspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ SpriteBatch - simple & efficient 2D sprite rendering
 SpriteFont - bitmap based text rendering
 VertexTypes - structures for commonly used vertex data formats
 WICTextureLoader - WIC-based image file texture loader</description>
-        <releaseNotes>Matches the September 4, 2024 release on GitHub.
+        <releaseNotes>Matches the October 28, 2024 release on GitHub.
 
 DirectX Tool Kit for Audio in this package uses XAudio2Redist NuGet package to support Windows 7 or later.</releaseNotes>
         <projectUrl>http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=248929</projectUrl>
diff --git a/.nuget/directxtk_desktop_win10.nuspec b/.nuget/directxtk_desktop_win10.nuspec
index ed0a1935..941ca64f 100644
--- a/.nuget/directxtk_desktop_win10.nuspec
+++ b/.nuget/directxtk_desktop_win10.nuspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ SpriteBatch - simple &amp; efficient 2D sprite rendering
 SpriteFont - bitmap based text rendering
 VertexTypes - structures for commonly used vertex data formats
 WICTextureLoader - WIC-based image file texture loader</description>
-        <releaseNotes>Matches the September 4, 2024 release on GitHub.
+        <releaseNotes>Matches the October 28, 2024 release on GitHub.
 
 DirectX Tool Kit for Audio in this package uses XAudio 2.9 which requires Windows 10 or later.</releaseNotes>
         <projectUrl>http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=248929</projectUrl>
diff --git a/.nuget/directxtk_uwp.nuspec b/.nuget/directxtk_uwp.nuspec
index 717201bf..af8c1060 100644
--- a/.nuget/directxtk_uwp.nuspec
+++ b/.nuget/directxtk_uwp.nuspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ SpriteBatch - simple &amp; efficient 2D sprite rendering
 SpriteFont - bitmap based text rendering
 VertexTypes - structures for commonly used vertex data formats
 WICTextureLoader - WIC-based image file texture loader</description>
-        <releaseNotes>Matches the September 4, 2024 release on GitHub.</releaseNotes>
+        <releaseNotes>Matches the October 28, 2024 release on GitHub.</releaseNotes>
         <projectUrl>http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=248929</projectUrl>
         <repository type="git" url="https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTK.git" />
         <icon>images\icon.jpg</icon>
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23d2b7c6..0d16e409 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ Release available for download on [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXT
 
 ## Release History
 
+### October 28, 2024
+* All enums now use ``uint32_t`` as the underlying type rather than ``unsigned long`` or ``int``.
+* Added `DDS_LOADER_INGNORE_MIPS` flag to DDSTextureLoader
+* Refactored CMO structures into their own header
+* xwbool:
+  * Add "GNU-style" *--long-options* to the command-line tools (all existing switches are still supported)
+  * Refactored code to use shared header
+* MakeSpriteFont: supports `--version` and `--help` and accepts either `/` or `-` style command-line parameters.
+* CMake and MSBuild project updates
+
 ### September 4, 2024
 * *DirectX Tool Kit for Audio* update
   * Added ``IsValid`` method to **AudioEmitter** and **AudioListener**
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 65c58513..045d2874 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.20)
 
-set(DIRECTXTK_VERSION 1.8.9)
+set(DIRECTXTK_VERSION 1.9.0)
 
 if(WINDOWS_STORE OR (DEFINED XBOX_CONSOLE_TARGET))
   set(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE "STATIC_LIBRARY")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe2aacda..28c00c63 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=248929
 
 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 
-**September 4, 2024**
+**October 28, 2024**
 
 This package contains the "DirectX Tool Kit", a collection of helper classes for writing Direct3D 11 C++ code for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps for Windows 11, Windows 10, Xbox One, and Win32 desktop applications for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or later.
 
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ For a full change history, see [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/microsoft/Direc
 
 * Xbox One support for DirectX 11 requires the legacy Xbox One XDK. See February 2023 or earlier releases of *DirectX Tool Kit* for the required project files.
 
+* As of the October 2024 release, the xwbtool command-line tool also supports GNU-style long options using ``--``. All existing switches continue to function. MakeSpriteFont supports only `--version` and ``--help`` for POSIX-style parameters.
+
 ## Support
 
 For questions, consider using [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/directxtk) with the *directxtk* tag, or the [DirectX Discord Server](https://discord.gg/directx) in the *dx9-dx11-developers* channel.