diff --git a/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/modfix_initial.txtar b/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/modfix_initial.txtar
index bac70a29120..95612c0aa60 100644
--- a/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/modfix_initial.txtar
+++ b/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/modfix_initial.txtar
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ foo: "bar"
 -- want-module --
 module: "foo.com"
 language: {
-	version: "v0.9.0"
+	version: "v0.9.2"
 }
 custom: {
 	legacy: {
diff --git a/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/module_compatibility_backwards.txtar b/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/module_compatibility_backwards.txtar
index 34153574d1c..580fdedee66 100644
--- a/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/module_compatibility_backwards.txtar
+++ b/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/module_compatibility_backwards.txtar
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ module: "premodules.example"
 -- premodules-module.cue.fixed --
 module: "premodules.example"
 language: {
-	version: "v0.9.0"
+	version: "v0.9.2"
 }
 -- premodules/cue.mod/pkg/premodules.example/root.cue --
 package root
diff --git a/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/module_compatibility_forwards.txtar b/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/module_compatibility_forwards.txtar
index a2e9eeda7d5..97e836da745 100644
--- a/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/module_compatibility_forwards.txtar
+++ b/cmd/cue/cmd/testdata/script/module_compatibility_forwards.txtar
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ cmp stderr ${WORK}/v0.99.0-toonew.stderr
 cmp stderr ${WORK}/v0.99.0-toonew.stderr
 
 -- v0.99.0-toonew.stderr --
-language version "v0.99.0" declared in module.cue is too new for current language version "v0.9.0"
+language version "v0.99.0" declared in module.cue is too new for current language version "v0.9.2"
 -- v0.99.0/cue.mod/module.cue --
 module: "downstream.example"
 language: version: "v0.9.0"
diff --git a/internal/cueversion/version.go b/internal/cueversion/version.go
index b74811e3bea..4e9541275e9 100644
--- a/internal/cueversion/version.go
+++ b/internal/cueversion/version.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 // This determines the latest version of CUE that
 // is accepted by the module.
 func LanguageVersion() string {
-	return "v0.9.0"
+	return "v0.9.2"
 }
 
 // ModuleVersion returns the version of the cuelang.org/go module as best as can
diff --git a/mod/modfile/modfile_test.go b/mod/modfile/modfile_test.go
index f1297aa4fab..bfbca2151bf 100644
--- a/mod/modfile/modfile_test.go
+++ b/mod/modfile/modfile_test.go
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ deps: "other.com/something@v0": v: "v0.2.3"
 	parse:    Parse,
 	data: `
 module: "foo.com/bar@v0"
-language: version: "v0.9.0-alpha.0"
+language: version: "v0.9.2-alpha.0"
 source: kind: "git"
 `,
 	want: &File{
 		Language: &Language{
-			Version: "v0.9.0-alpha.0",
+			Version: "v0.9.2-alpha.0",
 		},
 		Module: "foo.com/bar@v0",
 		Source: &Source{
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ source: kind: "git"
 	parse:    Parse,
 	data: `
 module: "foo.com/bar@v0"
-language: version: "v0.9.0-alpha.0"
+language: version: "v0.9.2-alpha.0"
 source: kind: "self"
 `,
 	want: &File{
 		Language: &Language{
-			Version: "v0.9.0-alpha.0",
+			Version: "v0.9.2-alpha.0",
 		},
 		Module: "foo.com/bar@v0",
 		Source: &Source{
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ source: kind: "self"
 	parse:    Parse,
 	data: `
 module: "foo.com/bar@v0"
-language: version: "v0.9.0-alpha.0"
+language: version: "v0.9.2-alpha.0"
 source: kind: "bad"
 `,
 	wantError: `source.kind: 2 errors in empty disjunction:(.|\n)+`,
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ _foo: "blah.example"
 	parse:    Parse,
 	data: `
 module: "foo.com/bar"
-_foo: "v0.9.0"
+_foo: "v0.9.2"
 language: version: _foo
 `,
 	wantError: `invalid module.cue file syntax: references not allowed in data mode:
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ language: version: _foo
 	parse:    Parse,
 	data: `
 module: "foo.com/bar"
-let foo = "v0.9.0"
+let foo = "v0.9.2"
 language: version: foo
 `,
 	wantError: `invalid module.cue file syntax: references not allowed in data mode:
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ invalid module.cue file syntax: references not allowed in data mode:
 	parse:    Parse,
 	data: `
 module: "foo.com/bar"
-#x: "v0.9.0"
-language: version: "v0.9.0"
+#x: "v0.9.2"
+language: version: "v0.9.2"
 `,
 	wantError: `invalid module.cue file syntax: definitions not allowed in data mode:
     module.cue:3:1`,
@@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ language: version: "v0.9.0"
 	parse:    Parse,
 	data: `
 module: "foo.com/bar@v0"
-language: version: "v0.9.0"
+language: version: "v0.9.2"
 custom: "somewhere.com": foo: true
 `,
 	want: &File{
 		Module:   "foo.com/bar@v0",
-		Language: &Language{Version: "v0.9.0"},
+		Language: &Language{Version: "v0.9.2"},
 		Custom: map[string]map[string]any{
 			"somewhere.com": {
 				"foo": true,
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ module: "foo.com/bar"
 `,
 	want: &File{
 		Module:   "foo.com/bar",
-		Language: &Language{Version: "v0.9.0"},
+		Language: &Language{Version: "v0.9.2"},
 	},
 	wantDefaults: map[string]string{
 		"foo.com/bar": "v0",
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ module: "foo.com/bar"
 `,
 	want: &File{
 		Module:   "test.example",
-		Language: &Language{Version: "v0.9.0"},
+		Language: &Language{Version: "v0.9.2"},
 	},
 	wantDefaults: map[string]string{
 		"test.example": "v0",
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ module: ""
 `,
 	want: &File{
 		Module:   "test.example",
-		Language: &Language{Version: "v0.9.0"},
+		Language: &Language{Version: "v0.9.2"},
 	},
 	wantDefaults: map[string]string{
 		"test.example": "v0",
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ other: field: 123
 `,
 	want: &File{
 		Module:   "foo.com",
-		Language: &Language{Version: "v0.9.0"},
+		Language: &Language{Version: "v0.9.2"},
 		Custom: map[string]map[string]any{
 			"legacy": {
 				"some":  true,