diff --git a/pycdsl/__init__.py b/pycdsl/__init__.py
index 96444b8..bce89a4 100644
--- a/pycdsl/__init__.py
+++ b/pycdsl/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 __author__ = "Hrishikesh Terdalkar"
 __email__ = 'hrishikeshrt@linuxmail.org'
-__version__ = '0.8.0'
+__version__ = '0.9.0'
 
 ###############################################################################
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e702d05..47f38c4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.8.0
+current_version = 0.9.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 message = "build(release): bump version {current_version} → {new_version}"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2d05ffc..2297e59 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@
     test_suite='tests',
     tests_require=test_requirements,
     url='https://github.com/hrishikeshrt/PyCDSL',
-    version='0.8.0',
+    version='0.9.0',
     zip_safe=False,
 )