diff --git a/flair/__init__.py b/flair/__init__.py
index 927d63406..9e1bcadef 100644
--- a/flair/__init__.py
+++ b/flair/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 import logging.config
 
-__version__ = "0.8.1"
+__version__ = "0.9"
 
 logging.config.dictConfig(
     {
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5cfa85a62..7802d922d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="flair",
-    version="0.8.1",
+    version="0.9",
     description="A very simple framework for state-of-the-art NLP",
     long_description=open("README.md", encoding="utf-8").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",