diff --git a/litequeue.py b/litequeue.py
index bdbf4e0..76635e3 100644
--- a/litequeue.py
+++ b/litequeue.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
     _DKW["slots"] = True
 
-__version__ = "0.8"
+__version__ = "0.9"
 
 # Extracted from https://github.com/stevesimmons/uuid7 under MIT license