diff --git a/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake b/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
index 8983057..22b58a9 100644
--- a/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
+++ b/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # CMake version number components.
 set(CMake_VERSION_MAJOR 3)
-set(CMake_VERSION_MINOR 8)
-set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 20170605)
-#set(CMake_VERSION_RC 1)
+set(CMake_VERSION_MINOR 9)
+set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+set(CMake_VERSION_RC 1)
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/upload_release.cmake b/Utilities/Release/upload_release.cmake
index c49cb4f..5b2cc57 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/upload_release.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/upload_release.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set(CTEST_RUN_CURRENT_SCRIPT 0)
 if(NOT VERSION)
- set(VERSION 3.8)
+ set(VERSION 3.9)
 endif()
 if(NOT DEFINED PROJECT_PREFIX)
   set(PROJECT_PREFIX cmake-${VERSION})