diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 67948a016b44d787c0d98b8c9c0c472e1a71e50a..8a833f1556a0b925b5bc93ae096e65467738d0df 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 PACKAGE		:= abuild
-VERSION		:= 2.0_rc8
+VERSION		:= 2.0_rc9
 
 prefix		?= /usr
 sysconfdir	?= /etc