diff --git a/src/fev/__about__.py b/src/fev/__about__.py
index 55600b8..54cac4b 100644
--- a/src/fev/__about__.py
+++ b/src/fev/__about__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # We cannot store __version__ in fev/__init__.py since that will introduce circular dependencies
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.9.0b0"