diff --git a/mycroft/version/__init__.py b/mycroft/version/__init__.py
index 9921946a3f7b..6b4d70b1e2d6 100644
--- a/mycroft/version/__init__.py
+++ b/mycroft/version/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # START_VERSION_BLOCK
 CORE_VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 CORE_VERSION_MINOR = 8
-CORE_VERSION_BUILD = 8
+CORE_VERSION_BUILD = 9
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK
 
 CORE_VERSION_STR = (str(CORE_VERSION_MAJOR) + "." +