diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 01ff5f031..42a84ad9c 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.9.0rc8
+current_version = 0.9.0rc9
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)((?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<candidate>\d+))?
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ values =
 	production
 
 [bumpversion:file:lbrynet/__init__.py]
+
diff --git a/lbrynet/__init__.py b/lbrynet/__init__.py
index 193713665..18cebf46b 100644
--- a/lbrynet/__init__.py
+++ b/lbrynet/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 
-__version__ = "0.9.0rc8"
+__version__ = "0.9.0rc9"
 version = tuple(__version__.split('.'))
 
 logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(logging.NullHandler())