diff --git a/pisi/__init__.py b/pisi/__init__.py
index 2c237ad2..b1f3245d 100644
--- a/pisi/__init__.py
+++ b/pisi/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 # PiSi version
 
-__version__ = "1.1_rc8"
+__version__ = "1.1_rc9"
 
 __dbversion__ = "1.1_rc7"
 __filesdbversion__ = "1.0.5"         # yes, this is the real bottleneck