diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 85e0f1ff6..5f3764805 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.9.0
+current_version = 0.9.1rc1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)((?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<candidate>\d+))?
-serialize =
+serialize = 
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}{release}{candidate}
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ first_value = 1
 
 [bumpversion:part:release]
 optional_value = production
-values =
+values = 
 	rc
 	production
 
diff --git a/lbrynet/__init__.py b/lbrynet/__init__.py
index 0676a8aca..affe00ff2 100644
--- a/lbrynet/__init__.py
+++ b/lbrynet/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 
-__version__ = "0.9.0"
+__version__ = "0.9.1rc1"
 version = tuple(__version__.split('.'))
 
 logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(logging.NullHandler())