diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 70f2147e..e85c7e91 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ We use vendoring for projects written in Go. This means that we will maintain a
 
 We use Golang's `dep` tool to manage dependencies for Golang projects - https://github.com/golang/dep
 
+### How are releases made?
+To cut a release please ask Alex via the #contributors [slack channel](https://docs.openfaas.com/community/#slack-workspace)
+
 ### How do I become a maintainer?
 
 Maintainers are well-known contributors with a track record of:
diff --git a/sample-functions/AlpineFunction/Dockerfile b/sample-functions/AlpineFunction/Dockerfile
index dfb4fb81..67e22dee 100644
--- a/sample-functions/AlpineFunction/Dockerfile
+++ b/sample-functions/AlpineFunction/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM alpine:3.7
 
-ADD https://github.com/openfaas/faas/releases/download/0.8.0/fwatchdog /usr/bin
+ADD https://github.com/openfaas/faas/releases/download/0.9.0/fwatchdog /usr/bin
 
 # COPY ./fwatchdog /usr/bin/
 RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/fwatchdog