diff --git a/pyomo/version/info.py b/pyomo/version/info.py
index 8d75a31ee61..ee37183cd4a 100644
--- a/pyomo/version/info.py
+++ b/pyomo/version/info.py
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
 # should generally be left at 0, unless a downstream package is tracking
 # main and needs a hard reference to "suitably new" development.
 major = 6
-minor = 8
-micro = 1
-# releaselevel = 'invalid'
-releaselevel = 'final'
+minor = 9
+micro = 0
+releaselevel = 'invalid'
+# releaselevel = 'final'
 serial = 0
 
 if releaselevel == 'final':