diff --git a/varify/__init__.py b/varify/__init__.py
index 52969dc0..aca30d03 100644
--- a/varify/__init__.py
+++ b/varify/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 __version_info__ = {
     'major': 0,
-    'minor': 8,
+    'minor': 9,
     'micro': 0,
-    'releaselevel': 'final',
+    'releaselevel': 'beta',
     'serial': 1
 }