diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5950098..79271ee 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.3-rc0 803000
+0.9.0-rc0 900000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index aadb5be..35462f4 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=0
-project.versioning.minor=8
-project.versioning.patch=3
+project.versioning.minor=9
+project.versioning.patch=0
 project.versioning.build=0
 #############################