diff --git a/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h b/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h
index 8bb4fa44a2..2bd27925bc 100644
--- a/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h
+++ b/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 // These numbers and strings need to be manually updated for a new version.
 // Do this version number update as the very last commit for the new release version.
 #define PROGRAM_VERSION_MAJOR       2
-#define PROGRAM_VERSION_MINOR        8
+#define PROGRAM_VERSION_MINOR        9
 #define PROGRAM_VERSION_MAINTENANCE  0
-#define PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING "2.8.0rp-dev"
+#define PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING "2.9.0rp-dev"
 
 #define PROGRAM_BUILT_STRING __DATE__ " - " __TIME__
 
-#define RESOURCE_VERSION_STRING "2,8,0\0"
+#define RESOURCE_VERSION_STRING "2,9,0\0"
 #define RESOURCE_VERSION PROGRAM_VERSION_MAJOR,PROGRAM_VERSION_MINOR,PROGRAM_VERSION_MAINTENANCE
 
 #endif // ES_APP_EMULATION_STATION_H