1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 095a49c..9405f87 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ CLI_OBJS = cli_classic.o cli_output.o cli_common.o print.o
 # will not require subversion. The downloadable snapshots are already exported.
 SVNVERSION := $(shell ./util/getrevision.sh -u 2>/dev/null )
 
-RELEASE := 0.9.8
+RELEASE := 0.9.9-rc1
 VERSION := $(RELEASE)-$(SVNVERSION)
 RELEASENAME ?= $(VERSION)