diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9ba94a8..bbd237f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bindle"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-compression",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 69685b3..43fb6ba 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bindle"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0-rc.1"
 authors = [
     "Matt Butcher <matt.butcher@microsoft.com>",
     "Taylor Thomas <taylor.thomas@microsoft.com>"