diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dfcc530..9f3ea1a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@
 /lorax-templates-rhel-8.3-2.tar.gz
 /lorax-templates-rhel-8.3-3.tar.gz
 /lorax-templates-rhel-8.3-4.tar.gz
+/lorax-templates-rhel-9.0-1.tar.gz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 00d8594..73bd126 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 NAME=lorax-templates-rhel
 # RHEL version these templates are designed for
-RHELVER=8.3
+RHELVER=9.0
 # Serial number for this release
 SERIAL=$(shell [ -f SERIAL ] && cat SERIAL || echo 0)
 
diff --git a/SERIAL b/SERIAL
index b8626c4..d00491f 100644
--- a/SERIAL
+++ b/SERIAL
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4
+1
diff --git a/lorax-templates-rhel.spec b/lorax-templates-rhel.spec
index 5379e3f..e153b50 100644
--- a/lorax-templates-rhel.spec
+++ b/lorax-templates-rhel.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Name:           lorax-templates-rhel
-Version:        8.3
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Version:        9.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        RHEL8 build templates for lorax and livemedia-creator
 
 License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/weldr/lorax
 BuildArch:      noarch
-Source0:        lorax-templates-rhel-8.3-4.tar.gz
+Source0:        lorax-templates-rhel-9.0-1.tar.gz
 
 # Where are these supposed to end up?
 %define templatedir %{_datadir}/lorax/templates.d/80-rhel
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ cp -a 80-rhel/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{templatedir}
 %{templatedir}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 27 2020 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> - 9.0-1
+- Update release version for RHEL 9.0
+- Remove spice-vdagent (bcl)
+- Initial RHEL 9 Alpha changes (bcl)
+
 * Tue Jul 07 2020 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> - 8.3-4
 - rsyslog: Disable journal ratelimits during install
   Related: rhbz#1752754
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d4fc6d4..c632cf9 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (lorax-templates-rhel-8.3-4.tar.gz) = 4418ffc50659147c07a28d58456de7e5ef36de1d00c3839c5b36a4f8c327fa6946536b1f65926399e9bc48b223bf60287c0baead86ef3c4f5a48b7e87d8ce813
+SHA512 (lorax-templates-rhel-9.0-1.tar.gz) = 64f0e276427652afedc4f0e42e5153e7dca577cdf30994b0afe69cfaaf9025a35f005883b92dc57511dd6dd54aebde03b4b18e7a7208da86c13f4632b8a97778