diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/VEP/Constants.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/VEP/Constants.pm
index 0a8ec9687..0ff9a7388 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/VEP/Constants.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/VEP/Constants.pm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use warnings;
 use base qw(Exporter);
 
 our $VEP_VERSION     = 87;
-our $VEP_SUB_VERSION = 8;
+our $VEP_SUB_VERSION = 9;
 
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
   @FLAG_FIELDS