diff --git a/jina/__init__.py b/jina/__init__.py
index 47d34b0124e95..d0677dc9a2f34 100644
--- a/jina/__init__.py
+++ b/jina/__init__.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 # do not change this line manually
 # this is managed by git tag and updated on every release
 # NOTE: this represents the NEXT release version
-__version__ = '0.9.0'
+__version__ = '0.9.1'
 
 # do not change this line manually
 # this is managed by proto/build-proto.sh and updated on every execution