diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index a1b27903..d8f50f27 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ package main
 
 // version of this package.
 // Update this value before release of new version of software.
-const version = "0.8.0"
+const version = "0.9.0-dev"