diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5eca99740ab529d0691038adee43b3f202c35de0..885d63b4a62c2a478ff8e358750e839b9d691d3f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.1)
 project (opendht)
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 8.2)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 9.0)
 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 97782321e7f778411615b5b593a23144bd6c682c..50804eb194bf658b5ab74d1238e46ae68c7ce559 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 1)
-m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 8)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 2)
+m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 9)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 0)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])