diff --git a/cobbler.spec b/cobbler.spec
index 215d079566..2ead153797 100644
--- a/cobbler.spec
+++ b/cobbler.spec
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Summary: Boot server configurator
 Name: cobbler
 License: GPLv2+
 AutoReq: no
-Version: 2.7.0
+Version: 2.9.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Source0: http://shenson.fedorapeople.org/cobbler/cobbler-%{version}.tar.gz
 Group: Applications/System
diff --git a/debian/cobbler.dsc b/debian/cobbler.dsc
index bd85647b23..04747523e4 100644
--- a/debian/cobbler.dsc
+++ b/debian/cobbler.dsc
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ Format: 1.0
 Source: cobbler
 Binary: cobbler, python-cobbler, cobbler-common, cobbler-web, koan, python-koan
 Architecture: all
-Version: 2.7.0-1
+Version: 2.9.0-1
 Maintainer: Cobbler Developers <cobbler-devel@fedorahosted.org>
 Homepage: https://www.cobblerd.org
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50), po-debconf, python-all, python-cheetah, python-yaml, git-core, python-setuptools, python-netaddr, python-nose, python-simplejson
 Python-Version: 2.6
 Files: 
- a875c5efe415a2b52633b0e882f43a1c 545955 cobbler 2.7.0.orig.tar.gz
- 0609ff6f3d19b1958059ca1c34942511 39 cobbler-2.7.0.diff.gz
+ a875c5efe415a2b52633b0e882f43a1c 545955 cobbler 2.9.0.orig.tar.gz
+ 0609ff6f3d19b1958059ca1c34942511 39 cobbler-2.9.0.diff.gz
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 87b50fc7d3..deb05af921 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 except:
     converage = None
 
-VERSION = "2.7.0"
+VERSION = "2.9.0"
 OUTPUT_DIR = "config"