diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7931b78bf..470dfe00d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ INCLUDE(FindPkgConfig)
 
 SET(VERSION_MAJOR "0")
 SET(VERSION_MINOR "4")
-SET(VERSION_PATCH "8")
+SET(VERSION_PATCH "9")
 #SET(VERSION_SUFFIX "")
 SET(VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}")
 IF(VERSION_SUFFIX)
diff --git a/README b/README
index b055d9d0e..3284a7592 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Linux MultiMedia Studio 0.4.8
+Linux MultiMedia Studio 0.4.9
 ==============================
 
 Copyright (c) 2004-2010 by LMMS-developers