diff --git a/src/ansys/fluent/core/_version.py b/src/ansys/fluent/core/_version.py
index 24f2ecaebdd..6151b30d3db 100644
--- a/src/ansys/fluent/core/_version.py
+++ b/src/ansys/fluent/core/_version.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 """
 
 # major, minor, patch
-version_info = 0, 8, "dev0"
+version_info = 0, 9, "dev0"
 
 # Nice string for the version
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, version_info))