diff --git a/base/etc/os-release b/base/etc/os-release
index a1833351f..ef624fd15 100644
--- a/base/etc/os-release
+++ b/base/etc/os-release
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PRETTY_NAME="ToaruOS 2.0"
 NAME="ToaruOS"
-VERSION_ID="1.99.8"
-VERSION="1.99.8"
+VERSION_ID="1.99.9"
+VERSION="1.99.9"
 ID=toaru
 HOME_URL="https://toaruos.org/"
 SUPPORT_URL="https://github.com/klange/toaruos"
diff --git a/kernel/sys/version.c b/kernel/sys/version.c
index 0a94e1f85..5c07d921c 100644
--- a/kernel/sys/version.c
+++ b/kernel/sys/version.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const char * __kernel_version_format = "%d.%d.%d-%s";
 /* Version numbers X.Y.Z */
 int    __kernel_version_major = 1;
 int    __kernel_version_minor = 99;
-int    __kernel_version_lower = 8;
+int    __kernel_version_lower = 9;
 
 /* Kernel build suffix, which doesn't necessarily
  * mean anything, but can be used to distinguish