diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index a8fdfda1c..2e0e38c63 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.1
+1.9
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b9dec25ff..2c4434544 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v1.8.1', meson_version : '>= 0.46')
+project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v1.9', meson_version : '>= 0.46')
 
 cpu_family = target_machine.cpu_family()
 
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
index 262bef631..9bb305601 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
     appInfo.pApplicationName      = appName.c_str();
     appInfo.applicationVersion    = 0;
     appInfo.pEngineName           = "DXVK";
-    appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 8, 1);
+    appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 9, 0);
     appInfo.apiVersion            = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 1, 0);
     
     VkInstanceCreateInfo info;