diff --git a/lib/version.rb b/lib/version.rb
index c1c1bdee869..02bd3ebd6a5 100644
--- a/lib/version.rb
+++ b/lib/version.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ module Discourse
   unless defined? ::Discourse::VERSION 
     module VERSION #:nodoc:
       MAJOR = 0
-      MINOR = 8
-      TINY  = 9
+      MINOR = 9
+      TINY  = 0
       PRE   = nil
 
       STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')