diff --git a/irrd/__init__.py b/irrd/__init__.py
index 7c3bab6a4..5a50b6703 100644
--- a/irrd/__init__.py
+++ b/irrd/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '4.0.0rc8'
+__version__ = '4.0.0rc9'