diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df20140..00d1212 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.geneontology</groupId>
   <artifactId>obographs</artifactId>
-  <version>0.0.8</version>
+  <version>0.0.9</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
   <description>Reference implementation for Obo Graphs</description>