diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 7d12ca8f..95164d59 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.0.8
+current_version = 0.0.9
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0638e8e6..5174c73a 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 year = '2018'
 author = 'Subhash Bhushan C'
 copyright = '{0}, {1}'.format(year, author)
-version = release = '0.0.8'
+version = release = '0.0.9'
 
 pygments_style = 'trac'
 templates_path = ['.']
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 21c3b5c8..b5893b27 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
 
 setup(
     name='protean',
-    version='0.0.8',
+    version='0.0.9',
     license='BSD 3-Clause License',
     description='Protean Application Framework',
     long_description='%s\n%s' % (
diff --git a/src/protean/__init__.py b/src/protean/__init__.py
index 091212f7..4390ba94 100644
--- a/src/protean/__init__.py
+++ b/src/protean/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Primary Module to define version and expose packages"""
 
-__version__ = '0.0.8'
+__version__ = '0.0.9'