diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index badff25..1dde4a0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     </parent>
     <groupId>com.uci</groupId>
     <artifactId>message-rosa</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.8</version>
+    <version>2.2.9</version>
     <!-- On changing, Set version in deploy.xml to delete the previous packages if exists and deploy new package for the specified version -->
     <name>message-rosa</name>
     <description>message-rosa for messages</description>