diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 517ab30fe..a182a3e79 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 dnl require autoconf 2.60 (AS_ECHO/AS_ECHO_N)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 8)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 99)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 9)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2014)
 AC_INIT([Bitcoin Core],[_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR._CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR._CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION],[info@bitcoin.org],[bitcoin])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([src/build-aux])
diff --git a/contrib/verifysfbinaries/verify.sh b/contrib/verifysfbinaries/verify.sh
index 768be86bd..e92295661 100755
--- a/contrib/verifysfbinaries/verify.sh
+++ b/contrib/verifysfbinaries/verify.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ WORKINGDIR="/tmp/bitcoin"
 TMPFILE="hashes.tmp"
 
 #this URL is used if a version number is not specified as an argument to the script
-SIGNATUREFILE="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bitcoin/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.2/SHA256SUMS.asc"
+SIGNATUREFILE="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bitcoin/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.9.0rc1/SHA256SUMS.asc"
 
 SIGNATUREFILENAME="SHA256SUMS.asc"
 RCSUBDIR="test/"
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index c23d4a484..148db9421 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Bitcoin 0.8.2 BETA 
-====================
+Bitcoin 0.9.0rc1 BETA
+=====================
 
-Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Bitcoin Developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2014 Bitcoin Developers
 
 
 Setup
diff --git a/doc/README_windows.txt b/doc/README_windows.txt
index f120b8eb2..abca4894e 100644
--- a/doc/README_windows.txt
+++ b/doc/README_windows.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-Bitcoin 0.8.2 BETA
+Bitcoin 0.9.0rc1 BETA
+
+Copyright (c) 2009-2014 Bitcoin Core Developers
 
-Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Bitcoin Developers
 Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
 file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index a06ceb750..3c69e028b 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 
 // These need to be macros, as version.cpp's and bitcoin-qt.rc's voodoo requires it
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR       0
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR       8
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION    99
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR       9
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION    0
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD       0
 
 // Set to true for release, false for prerelease or test build
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE  false
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE  true
 
 // Copyright year (2009-this)
 // Todo: update this when changing our copyright comments in the source