diff --git a/simmanager/__init__.py b/simmanager/__init__.py
index 3404dd7..d4aa291 100644
--- a/simmanager/__init__.py
+++ b/simmanager/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 __author__ = "Arjun Rao, Anand Subramoney"
-__version__ = "0.8.3"
+__version__ = "0.9.0"
 
 from .paths import Paths
 from .simmanager import SimManager