diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index d7c27d9..74ebca5 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ every change, see the Git log.
 
 Latest
 ------
+* tbd
+
+9.0.0
+-----
 * Major: Change cmake object library approach.
 
 8.0.0
diff --git a/src/bourne/version.cpp b/src/bourne/version.cpp
index ffa4476..8f5b025 100644
--- a/src/bourne/version.cpp
+++ b/src/bourne/version.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ inline namespace STEINWURF_BOURNE_VERSION
 {
 std::string version()
 {
-    return "8.0.0";
+    return "9.0.0";
 }
 }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bourne/version.hpp b/src/bourne/version.hpp
index d992850..c4090c6 100644
--- a/src/bourne/version.hpp
+++ b/src/bourne/version.hpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace cpuid
 {
 /// Here we define the STEINWURF_BOURNE_VERSION this should be updated on each
 /// release
-#define STEINWURF_BOURNE_VERSION v8_0_0
+#define STEINWURF_BOURNE_VERSION v9_0_0
 
 inline namespace STEINWURF_BOURNE_VERSION
 {
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index e41eac9..a92cae8 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from waflib.Build import BuildContext
 
 APPNAME = 'bourne'
-VERSION = '8.0.0'
+VERSION = '9.0.0'
 
 
 def build(bld):