diff --git a/conda.yaml b/conda.yaml
index 0ac976e..377941e 100644
--- a/conda.yaml
+++ b/conda.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
     name: python-zpar
-    version: "0.8.1"
+    version: "0.9.0"
 
 build:
     number: {{environ.get('BINSTAR_BUILD', 1)}}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 67eb614..45ed7ad 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 setup(
     name='python-zpar',
-    version='0.8.1',
+    version='0.9.0',
     description='A Wrapper around the ZPar statistical tagger/parser for English',
     maintainer='Nitin Madnani',
     maintainer_email='nmadnani@ets.org',