diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5572fbb4703e9e87c280ccea63c110fcbdb3a490..03c2a1a6a040657948e815e368a65528b3be9482 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ez_setup.use_setuptools()
 from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(name="pytools",
-      version="8",
+      version="9",
       description="A collection of tools for Python",
       long_description="""
       Pytools is a big bag of things that are "missing" from the Python standard