diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 41d107582539ba9adee144c90110c9cfed53103d..c1d0d8f2f907830f3a9fcf06e6ee82a585325922 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ include(FindPkgConfig)
 include(cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake)
 
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.8)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.9)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
 set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fde9b7e723d03166ea06c74a6ebcb0cc2e1b6cbf..61b565bd28977be99ae531f417324669cb9aaf9a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 2)
 m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 4)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 8)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 9)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])