diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a7485b54..2059dd4d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.67])
-AC_INIT([cryptsetup],[2.8.1])
+AC_INIT([cryptsetup],[2.9.0-git])
 
 dnl library version from <major>.<minor>.<release>[-<suffix>]
 LIBCRYPTSETUP_VERSION=$(echo $PACKAGE_VERSION | cut -f1 -d-)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2fb6a249..e2503072 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project('cryptsetup',
     'c',
     default_options: [ 'prefix=/usr' ],
     meson_version: '>=0.64',
-    version: '2.8.1')
+    version: '2.9.0-git')
 
 libcryptsetup_version = '12.11.0'