diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 0b8232ec744b331a609ea24f7491ebefd3e74243_SElTVE9SWS5yc3Q=..f46932aa1dccc7c94bccd0ea01c3fe697c76bfaf_SElTVE9SWS5yc3Q= 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 History
 =======
 
+2.9
+---
+
 - conf2reST.py: Prefer anonymous links to avoid conflicts when the same version is shared by 2
   repos (as the "link target" system would then be in use).
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0b8232ec744b331a609ea24f7491ebefd3e74243_VkVSU0lPTg==..f46932aa1dccc7c94bccd0ea01c3fe697c76bfaf_VkVSU0lPTg== 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
-2.8
+2.9
diff --git a/do_tests b/do_tests
index 0b8232ec744b331a609ea24f7491ebefd3e74243_ZG9fdGVzdHM=..f46932aa1dccc7c94bccd0ea01c3fe697c76bfaf_ZG9fdGVzdHM= 100755
--- a/do_tests
+++ b/do_tests
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #
 # - access to pg database
 #
-# Version 2.8
+# Version 2.9
 
 here=$(dirname $0)
 project_home=$(cd $here && cd .. && echo $PWD)
diff --git a/docker_build b/docker_build
index 0b8232ec744b331a609ea24f7491ebefd3e74243_ZG9ja2VyX2J1aWxk..f46932aa1dccc7c94bccd0ea01c3fe697c76bfaf_ZG9ja2VyX2J1aWxk 100755
--- a/docker_build
+++ b/docker_build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # Create docker script
 
-# template version 2.8
+# template version 2.9
 
 # TODO add a way to bypass the value, maybe with a key in the setup.cfg file
 here=$(dirname $0)
diff --git a/run_tests b/run_tests
index 0b8232ec744b331a609ea24f7491ebefd3e74243_cnVuX3Rlc3Rz..f46932aa1dccc7c94bccd0ea01c3fe697c76bfaf_cnVuX3Rlc3Rz 100755
--- a/run_tests
+++ b/run_tests
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # This script is used to run tests on a database with demo data installed.
 #
 # Either provide the name of the database (first argument) or it will default to <project>_test
-# Version 2.8
+# Version 2.9
 here=$(dirname $0)
 project_home=$(cd $here && cd .. && echo $PWD)
 tested_modules=$(python -B -c "import ConfigParser ; c = ConfigParser.ConfigParser() ; c.read('${project_home}/setup.cfg') ; print ','.join(c.get('odoo_scripts', 'module_list_tests', '').split())")
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0b8232ec744b331a609ea24f7491ebefd3e74243_c2V0dXAuY2Zn..f46932aa1dccc7c94bccd0ea01c3fe697c76bfaf_c2V0dXAuY2Zn 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.8
+current_version = 2.9
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)
 serialize = 
 	{major}.{minor}
diff --git a/start b/start
index 0b8232ec744b331a609ea24f7491ebefd3e74243_c3RhcnQ=..f46932aa1dccc7c94bccd0ea01c3fe697c76bfaf_c3RhcnQ= 100755
--- a/start
+++ b/start
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # You can set ODOO_DATA_DIR and ODOO_DB_HOST if you want to avoid using the default value ($HOME/var/tmp and localhost)
 #
-# Version 2.8
+# Version 2.9
 here=$(dirname $0)
 project_home=$(cd $here && cd .. && echo $PWD)
 echo "Starting odoo for development"