From 7690c420d8d7398aa494ffef6edc91c01baa5ad6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenneth Hoste <kenneth.hoste@ugent.be>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 21:55:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] bump version to 4.9.0

---
 setup.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a37aa534..b726ba34 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 # note: release candidates should be versioned as a pre-release, e.g. "1.1rc1"
 # 1.1-rc1 would indicate a post-release, i.e., and update of 1.1, so beware
-VERSION = '4.8.2'
+VERSION = '4.9.0'
 
 
 # Utility function to read README file