diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 443c8f85c81b3646f64f449743a789a5e70f1767..66be593383ce44de3226ad8c62edcedc65a131aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### New
+### Changed
+### Removed
+### Fixed
 
+## [0.9.3] - 2024-07
+### New
 - Added a write size cache to the file system client to reduce potential metadata network bottlenecks during small I/O
   operations ([!193](https://storage.bsc.es/gitlab/hpc/gekkofs/-/merge_requests/193)).
   - The cache is experimental and thus disabled by default. Added the following environment variables.
@@ -62,9 +67,7 @@ replicas ([!166](https://storage.bsc.es/gitlab/hpc/gekkofs/-/merge_requests/141)
   - Modified write and reads to use a bitset instead of the traditional hash per chunk in the server.
   - Added reattemp support in get_fs_config to other servers, when the initial server fails.
 
-
 ### Changed
-
 - Updated GekkoFS dependencies migrating to
   margo-shim-hg ([!165](https://storage.bsc.es/gitlab/hpc/gekkofs/-/merge_request/165)).
   - Improves RPC stability
@@ -74,10 +77,7 @@ replicas ([!166](https://storage.bsc.es/gitlab/hpc/gekkofs/-/merge_requests/141)
     use of syscall for following symlinks optional
     ([!183](https://storage.bsc.es/gitlab/hpc/gekkofs/-/merge_requests/183)).
 
-
-### Removed
 ### Fixed
-
 - An issue that updated the last modified time of a file during `stat` operations was
   fixed([!176](https://storage.bsc.es/gitlab/hpc/gekkofs/-/merge_request/176)).
 - Fixed a dependency conflict within the pytest dependency marshmallow ([!197](https://storage.bsc.es/gitlab/hpc/gekkofs/-/merge_request/197)).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db1c77893b7398d3cc33ed0323a133001d435048..79316322b8b3f31b55cbf25cdfc80531db8ad4a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ to I/O, which reduces interferences and improves performance.
 # Dependencies
 
 - \>gcc-12 (including g++) for C++17 support
-- General build tools: Git, Curl, CMake >3.6 (>3.11 for GekkoFS testing), Autoconf, Automake
+- General build tools: Git, Curl, CMake >3.13, Autoconf, Automake
 - Miscellaneous: Libtool, Libconfig
 
 ### Debian/Ubuntu
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/conf.py.in b/docs/sphinx/conf.py.in
index 16d706bd76c5e6a22325870ceb15cec2341f9a55..d166d04898d3346e13eead29ad3001d8c06d93bc 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/conf.py.in
+++ b/docs/sphinx/conf.py.in
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ copyright = ['2018-2024, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain', '2015-2024, Jo
 author = 'GekkoFS committers'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.9.2'
+version = '0.9.3'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.9.2-snapshot+96-g9cafaaa3-dirty'
+release = '0.9.3-snapshot+96-g9cafaaa3-dirty'
 
 # Tell sphinx what the primary language being documented is.
 primary_domain = 'cpp'
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/users/scripts.rst b/docs/sphinx/users/scripts.rst
index 87c4038fb72abea8cbf5ed693aae1662649449cb..9506f44e85601364efc0acb619d668d29b990ab8 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/users/scripts.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/users/scripts.rst
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ on the specifics of the particular GekkoFS build, both scripts rely on
 :code:`configuration profiles` which define a set of related software
 packages which should be downloaded and installed for a specific GekkoFS
 version and/or configuration. To illustrate this, let's take a look at the
-contents of the :code:`default` profile for GekkoFS version :code:`0.9.2`:
+contents of the :code:`default` profile for GekkoFS version :code:`0.9.3`:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $ dl_dep.sh -l default:0.9.2
-    Configuration profiles for '0.9.2':
+    $ dl_dep.sh -l default:0.9.3
+    Configuration profiles for '0.9.3':
 
-    * default:0.9.2 (/home/user/gekkofs/source/scripts/profiles/0.9.2/default.specs)
+    * default:0.9.3 (/home/user/gekkofs/source/scripts/profiles/0.9.3/default.specs)
 
       All dependencies
 
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ supercomputer) followed by an optional :code:`VERSION_TAG`.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $ ./dl_dep.sh -p default:0.9.2 /home/user/gfks/deps
+    $ ./dl_dep.sh -p default:0.9.3 /home/user/gfks/deps
     Destination path is set to  "/tmp/foo"
     Profile name: default
-    Profile version: 0.9.2
+    Profile version: 0.9.3
     ------------------------------------
     Downloaded 'https://github.com/lz4/lz4/archive/v1.9.3.tar.gz' to 'lz4'
     Downloaded 'https://github.com/json-c/json-c/archive/json-c-0.15-20200726.tar.gz' to 'json-c'
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ option. In this case, dependency names follow the
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   $ ./dl_dep.sh -d mercury@default:0.9.2 /home/user/gfks/deps
+   $ ./dl_dep.sh -d mercury@default:0.9.3 /home/user/gfks/deps
    Destination path is set to  "/tmp/foo"
    Profile name: default
-   Profile version: 0.9.2
+   Profile version: 0.9.3
    ------------------------------------
    Cloned 'https://github.com/mercury-hpc/mercury' to 'mercury' with commit '[v2.1.0]' and flags '--recurse-submodules'
    Done
@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ certain directory (e.g. :code:`/home/user/gkfs/deps`), the
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $ ./compile_dep.sh -p default:0.9.2 /home/user/gkfs/deps /home/user/gkfs/install -j8
+    $ ./compile_dep.sh -p default:0.9.3 /home/user/gkfs/deps /home/user/gkfs/install -j8
     CORES = 8 (default)
     Sources download path = /tmp/foo
     Installation path = /tmp/bar
     Profile name: default
-    Profile version: 0.9.2
+    Profile version: 0.9.3
     ------------------------------------
     ######## Installing:  lz4 ###############################
     ...
diff --git a/scripts/compile_dep.sh b/scripts/compile_dep.sh
index d455bfa94e3c15f83f22190bddccb57723e68c69..66a454591c5dccde149f3c6ad53dde58a8ee702a 100755
--- a/scripts/compile_dep.sh
+++ b/scripts/compile_dep.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ optional arguments:
                 deploy specific library versions and/or configurations,
                 using a recognizable name. Optionally, PROFILE_NAME may include
                 a specific version for the profile, e.g. 'mogon2:latest' or
-                'ngio:0.9.2', which will download the dependencies defined for
+                'ngio:0.9.3', which will download the dependencies defined for
                 that specific version. If unspecified, the 'default:latest' profile
                 will be used, which should include all the possible dependencies.
     -d, --dependency DEPENDENCY_NAME[[@PROFILE_NAME][:PROFILE_VERSION]]
diff --git a/scripts/dl_dep.sh b/scripts/dl_dep.sh
index 0509510e1e3bfe039eb513e7bc68cda2b90b1c53..051c10eecce8fa1d1c2c6560789fff8d61820746 100755
--- a/scripts/dl_dep.sh
+++ b/scripts/dl_dep.sh
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ optional arguments:
                                 deploy specific library versions and/or configurations,
                                 using a recognizable name. Optionally, PROFILE_NAME may include
                                 a specific version for the profile, e.g. 'mogon2:latest' or
-                                'ngio:0.9.2', which will download the dependencies defined for
+                                'ngio:0.9.3', which will download the dependencies defined for
                                 that specific version. If unspecified, the 'default:latest' profile
                                 will be used, which should include all the possible dependencies.
         -d, --dependency DEPENDENCY_NAME[[@PROFILE_NAME][:PROFILE_VERSION]]
diff --git a/scripts/gkfs_dep.sh b/scripts/gkfs_dep.sh
index a0990555474226a84c68f869feabc3e355559eaa..2fc0369e00edfa1c8a7967ce1b4f24f48687bf20 100755
--- a/scripts/gkfs_dep.sh
+++ b/scripts/gkfs_dep.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ optional arguments:
                         deploy specific library versions and/or configurations,
                         using a recognizable name. Optionally, PROFILE_NAME may include
                         a specific version for the profile, e.g. 'mogon2:latest' or
-                        'ngio:0.9.2', which will download the dependencies defined for
+                        'ngio:0.9.3', which will download the dependencies defined for
                         that specific version. If unspecified, the 'default:latest' profile
                         will be used, which should include all the possible dependencies.
     -d, --dependency DEPENDENCY_NAME[[@PROFILE_NAME][:PROFILE_VERSION]]