diff --git a/inc/version.h b/inc/version.h
index 9fef507c1..9fc7cbfaa 100644
--- a/inc/version.h
+++ b/inc/version.h
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 #define git_str(a) str(a)
 
 #define VERSION_MAJOR    6
-#define VERSION_MINOR    8
+#define VERSION_MINOR    9
 #define VERSION_BUILD    0
-#define VERSION_REVISION 3
+#define VERSION_REVISION 0
 
 #define VERSION          VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, VERSION_BUILD, VERSION_REVISION
 #define VERSION_STRING   ver_str(VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, VERSION_BUILD, VERSION_REVISION)