diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ead83d13c..cc0f23a49 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 9)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 8)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 9)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 66)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated 
diff --git a/include/osg/Version b/include/osg/Version
index 23640e5f0..c85dba9bd 100644
--- a/include/osg/Version
+++ b/include/osg/Version
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION    2
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION    9
-#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    8
+#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    9
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        66
 
 /* Convenience macro that can be used to decide whether a feature is present or not i.e.