diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 84aa3a7dd73b86a664638c2aa0d67f7659d8c7f0..82551adb60be7e7d61bf4a60c71965cce98b5ecd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.8
\ No newline at end of file
+0.1.9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/orgasm/version.py b/python/orgasm/version.py
index 22cc1ae2cff7a23b09654788284e641dc363c386..37bdf42f29955d7262dbc5d9f08c8731c0e85085 100644
--- a/python/orgasm/version.py
+++ b/python/orgasm/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 major = 0
 minor = '1'
-serial= '8'
+serial= '9'
 
 version = "%d.%s.%s" % (major,minor,serial)