3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 34a98ed5..69da6f8b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Apache CouchDB CHANGES
 ======================
 
-Version 0.8.2-incubating
+Version 0.9.0-incubating
 ------------------------
 
 Packaging and System Integration:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4b4c254a..ce4b63c2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ For details on backwards incompatible changes between releases, please see:
 
   http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/BreakingChanges
 
-Version 0.8.2-incubating
+Version 0.9.0-incubating
 ------------------------
 
 This release is still under development.
diff --git a/acinclude.m4.in b/acinclude.m4.in
index 0616d64b..49ecaef9 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4.in
+++ b/acinclude.m4.in
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ m4_define([LOCAL_PACKAGE_TARNAME], [apache-couchdb])
 m4_define([LOCAL_PACKAGE_NAME], [Apache CouchDB])
 
 m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_MAJOR], [0])
-m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_MINOR], [8])
-m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_REVISION], [2])
+m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_MINOR], [9])
+m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_REVISION], [0])
 m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_STAGE], [a])
 m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_RELEASE], [%release%])
 m4_define([LOCAL_VERSION_STATUS], [incubating])