diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 21e31e58caf317b1c721b5d9431dce99690d7573..cba75cb47fdeb024cc4aa3e29680d0b046e6cb15 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 void f_version(INT32 args)
 {
   pop_n_elems(args);
-  push_text("Pike v0.5b8");
+  push_text("Pike v0.5b9");
 }