diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0451367c..e90d8c98 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project (vectorscan C CXX)
 
 set (HS_MAJOR_VERSION 5)
 set (HS_MINOR_VERSION 4)
-set (HS_PATCH_VERSION 8)
+set (HS_PATCH_VERSION 9)
 set (HS_VERSION ${HS_MAJOR_VERSION}.${HS_MINOR_VERSION}.${HS_PATCH_VERSION})
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)