diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6db4877..a70c9f4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 setup(name='unicode',
-      version='2.8',
+      version='2.9',
       scripts=['unicode', 'paracode'],
 #      entry_points={'console_scripts': [
 #          'unicode = unicode:main',