diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/__init__.py b/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/__init__.py
index e27bc6a1..44efcca1 100644
--- a/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/__init__.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     has_imgmath = False
 
-__version__ = '2.8.0'
+__version__ = '2.9.0.dev0'
 
 
 def setup(app):