diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
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-(defproject cljam "0.8.5"
+(defproject cljam "0.9.0-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "A DNA Sequence Alignment/Map (SAM) library for Clojure"
   :url "https://github.com/chrovis/cljam"
   :license {:name "Apache License, Version 2.0"