diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 74e3d1c24979c3515d7e8d110cfb43b3ccd0b30d..34a5d57171a20e1d04b8c63947a058c1f8ae63f2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ E = @echo
 Q = @
 endif
 
-VERSION = 0.8.0.0
+VERSION = 0.9.0.0
 
 CPPFLAGS_NO_ARCH += $(addprefix -I, $(INCLUDES)) $(addprefix -D, $(DEFINES))
 CPPFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS_NO_ARCH) $(ARCH_FLAGS)
diff --git a/build.json b/build.json
index ed7769a3771002b73a6b743d5adf1a02ea44e1ce..b7d4b24d48fc706b29352373c1fa3841272f2e7c 100644
--- a/build.json
+++ b/build.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "#": "The public version number of the library.",
     "version": {
       "major": 0,
-      "minor": 8,
+      "minor": 9,
       "micro": 0,
       "build": 0
     }