diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index c25acb099181..9b9896ed91d5 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 5         // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 8         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 77        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 9         // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 0         // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "mainnet" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )