diff --git a/changelog/12444.bugfix.rst b/changelog/12444.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d4e804ac613..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12444.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed :func:`pytest.approx` which now correctly takes into account :class:`~collections.abc.Mapping` keys order to compare them.
diff --git a/changelog/12689.contrib.rst b/changelog/12689.contrib.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 81bb5577d97..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12689.contrib.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-The test reports are now published to Codecov from GitHub Actions.
-The test statistics is visible `on the web interface
-<https://app.codecov.io/gh/pytest-dev/pytest/tests>`__.
-
--- by :user:`aleguy02`
diff --git a/changelog/13388.doc.rst b/changelog/13388.doc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index bade402a60d..00000000000
--- a/changelog/13388.doc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Clarified documentation for ``-p`` vs ``PYTEST_PLUGINS`` plugin loading and fixed an incorrect ``-p`` example.
diff --git a/changelog/13634.bugfix.rst b/changelog/13634.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index ee12aeafc3a..00000000000
--- a/changelog/13634.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Blocking a ``conftest.py`` file using the ``-p no:`` option is now explicitly disallowed.
-
-Previously this resulted in an internal assertion failure during plugin loading.
-
-Pytest now raises a clear ``UsageError`` explaining that conftest files are not plugins and cannot be disabled via ``-p``.
diff --git a/changelog/13731.doc.rst b/changelog/13731.doc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cfdbebfc40..00000000000
--- a/changelog/13731.doc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Clarified that capture fixtures (e.g. ``capsys`` and ``capfd``) take precedence over the ``-s`` / ``--capture=no`` command-line options in :ref:`Accessing captured output from a test function <accessing-captured-output>`.
diff --git a/changelog/13734.bugfix.rst b/changelog/13734.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index de1d7368cd4..00000000000
--- a/changelog/13734.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed crash when a test raises an exceptiongroup with ``__tracebackhide__ = True``.
diff --git a/changelog/14088.doc.rst b/changelog/14088.doc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f3a0963516..00000000000
--- a/changelog/14088.doc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Clarified that the default :hook:`pytest_collection` hook sets ``session.items`` before it calls :hook:`pytest_collection_finish`, not after.
diff --git a/changelog/14195.bugfix.rst b/changelog/14195.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 29ae149dd98..00000000000
--- a/changelog/14195.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed an issue where non-string messages passed to `unittest.TestCase.subTest()` were not printed.
diff --git a/changelog/14255.doc.rst b/changelog/14255.doc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index b96d2c2a1b9..00000000000
--- a/changelog/14255.doc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-TOML integer log levels must be quoted: Updating reference documentation.
diff --git a/changelog/14343.bugfix.rst b/changelog/14343.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a52028d9f86..00000000000
--- a/changelog/14343.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed use of insecure temporary directory (CVE-2025-71176).
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/index.rst b/doc/en/announce/index.rst
index b92b8d4a56b..4a5e8b86544 100644
--- a/doc/en/announce/index.rst
+++ b/doc/en/announce/index.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release announcements
    :maxdepth: 2
 
 
+   release-9.0.3
    release-9.0.2
    release-9.0.1
    release-9.0.0
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/release-9.0.3.rst b/doc/en/announce/release-9.0.3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9540218764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/en/announce/release-9.0.3.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+pytest-9.0.3
+=======================================
+
+pytest 9.0.3 has just been released to PyPI.
+
+This is a bug-fix release, being a drop-in replacement.
+
+The full changelog is available at https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/changelog.html.
+
+Thanks to all of the contributors to this release:
+
+* Aditya Giri
+* Alejandro Villate
+* Bruno Oliveira
+* Bubble-Interface
+* Charles-Meldhine Madi Mnemoi
+* DavidAG
+* Denis Cherednichenko
+* Dr Alex Mitre
+* Freya
+* Freya Bruhin
+* Hugo van Kemenade
+* John Litborn
+* Liam DeVoe
+* Lily Wu
+* Maxime Grenu
+* Ran Benita
+* Randy Döring
+* Ronald Eddy Jr
+* Samuel Newbold
+* Tejas Verma
+* Vladimir
+* jxramos
+* 🇺🇦 Sviatoslav Sydorenko (Святослав Сидоренко)
+
+
+Happy testing,
+The pytest Development Team
diff --git a/doc/en/builtin.rst b/doc/en/builtin.rst
index 6a96bb0a304..9d38b329454 100644
--- a/doc/en/builtin.rst
+++ b/doc/en/builtin.rst
@@ -257,10 +257,10 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
     subtests -- .../_pytest/subtests.py:129
         Provides subtests functionality.
 
-    tmp_path_factory [session scope] -- .../_pytest/tmpdir.py:243
+    tmp_path_factory [session scope] -- .../_pytest/tmpdir.py:265
         Return a :class:`pytest.TempPathFactory` instance for the test session.
 
-    tmp_path -- .../_pytest/tmpdir.py:258
+    tmp_path -- .../_pytest/tmpdir.py:280
         Return a temporary directory (as :class:`pathlib.Path` object)
         which is unique to each test function invocation.
         The temporary directory is created as a subdirectory
diff --git a/doc/en/changelog.rst b/doc/en/changelog.rst
index bcae26aa09b..5bcd44c4226 100644
--- a/doc/en/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/en/changelog.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,58 @@ with advance notice in the **Deprecations** section of releases.
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+pytest 9.0.3 (2026-04-07)
+=========================
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+- `#12444 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12444>`_: Fixed :func:`pytest.approx` which now correctly takes into account :class:`~collections.abc.Mapping` keys order to compare them.
+
+
+- `#13634 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/13634>`_: Blocking a ``conftest.py`` file using the ``-p no:`` option is now explicitly disallowed.
+
+  Previously this resulted in an internal assertion failure during plugin loading.
+
+  Pytest now raises a clear ``UsageError`` explaining that conftest files are not plugins and cannot be disabled via ``-p``.
+
+
+- `#13734 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/13734>`_: Fixed crash when a test raises an exceptiongroup with ``__tracebackhide__ = True``.
+
+
+- `#14195 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/14195>`_: Fixed an issue where non-string messages passed to `unittest.TestCase.subTest()` were not printed.
+
+
+- `#14343 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/14343>`_: Fixed use of insecure temporary directory (CVE-2025-71176).
+
+
+
+Improved documentation
+----------------------
+
+- `#13388 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/13388>`_: Clarified documentation for ``-p`` vs ``PYTEST_PLUGINS`` plugin loading and fixed an incorrect ``-p`` example.
+
+
+- `#13731 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/13731>`_: Clarified that capture fixtures (e.g. ``capsys`` and ``capfd``) take precedence over the ``-s`` / ``--capture=no`` command-line options in :ref:`Accessing captured output from a test function <accessing-captured-output>`.
+
+
+- `#14088 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/14088>`_: Clarified that the default :hook:`pytest_collection` hook sets ``session.items`` before it calls :hook:`pytest_collection_finish`, not after.
+
+
+- `#14255 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/14255>`_: TOML integer log levels must be quoted: Updating reference documentation.
+
+
+
+Contributor-facing changes
+--------------------------
+
+- `#12689 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12689>`_: The test reports are now published to Codecov from GitHub Actions.
+  The test statistics is visible `on the web interface
+  <https://app.codecov.io/gh/pytest-dev/pytest/tests>`__.
+
+  -- by :user:`aleguy02`
+
+
 pytest 9.0.2 (2025-12-06)
 =========================
 
diff --git a/doc/en/example/parametrize.rst b/doc/en/example/parametrize.rst
index b25b822618a..ae64a7c62d5 100644
--- a/doc/en/example/parametrize.rst
+++ b/doc/en/example/parametrize.rst
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ objects, they are still using the default pytest representation:
     rootdir: /home/sweet/project
     collected 8 items
 
-    <Dir parametrize.rst-212>
+    <Dir parametrize.rst-213>
       <Module test_time.py>
         <Function test_timedistance_v0[a0-b0-expected0]>
         <Function test_timedistance_v0[a1-b1-expected1]>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ If you just collect tests you'll also nicely see 'advanced' and 'basic' as varia
     rootdir: /home/sweet/project
     collected 4 items
 
-    <Dir parametrize.rst-212>
+    <Dir parametrize.rst-213>
       <Module test_scenarios.py>
         <Class TestSampleWithScenarios>
           <Function test_demo1[basic]>
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Let's first see how it looks like at collection time:
     rootdir: /home/sweet/project
     collected 2 items
 
-    <Dir parametrize.rst-212>
+    <Dir parametrize.rst-213>
       <Module test_backends.py>
         <Function test_db_initialized[d1]>
         <Function test_db_initialized[d2]>
diff --git a/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst b/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst
index 26fdb68b08f..48ee2c8533f 100644
--- a/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst
+++ b/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ The test collection would look like this:
     configfile: pytest.toml
     collected 2 items
 
-    <Dir pythoncollection.rst-213>
+    <Dir pythoncollection.rst-214>
       <Module check_myapp.py>
         <Class CheckMyApp>
           <Function simple_check>
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ You can always peek at the collection tree without running tests like this:
     configfile: pytest.toml
     collected 3 items
 
-    <Dir pythoncollection.rst-213>
+    <Dir pythoncollection.rst-214>
       <Dir CWD>
         <Module pythoncollection.py>
           <Function test_function>
diff --git a/doc/en/getting-started.rst b/doc/en/getting-started.rst
index 3ba30a90b34..76a4428c163 100644
--- a/doc/en/getting-started.rst
+++ b/doc/en/getting-started.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Install ``pytest``
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     $ pytest --version
-    pytest 9.0.2
+    pytest 9.0.3
 
 .. _`simpletest`:
 
diff --git a/doc/en/how-to/fixtures.rst b/doc/en/how-to/fixtures.rst
index b37386525c6..2f554fb8c60 100644
--- a/doc/en/how-to/fixtures.rst
+++ b/doc/en/how-to/fixtures.rst
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ Running the above tests results in the following test IDs being used:
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collected 12 items
 
-   <Dir fixtures.rst-233>
+   <Dir fixtures.rst-234>
      <Module test_anothersmtp.py>
        <Function test_showhelo[smtp.gmail.com]>
        <Function test_showhelo[mail.python.org]>