diff --git a/lib/version.rb b/lib/version.rb
index c5aa1cf389..402d111f80 100644
--- a/lib/version.rb
+++ b/lib/version.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Discourse
     module VERSION #:nodoc:
       MAJOR = 2
       MINOR = 8
-      TINY  = 8
+      TINY  = 9
       PRE   = nil
 
       STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')