diff --git a/appInfo.cmake b/appInfo.cmake
index 4f7dc9d..ed17020 100644
--- a/appInfo.cmake
+++ b/appInfo.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
 
 set(appName "Rhubarb Lip Sync")
 set(appVersionMajor 1)
-set(appVersionMinor 8)
+set(appVersionMinor 9)
 set(appVersionPatch 0)
-set(appVersionSuffix "")
+set(appVersionSuffix "-pre.1")
 set(appVersion "${appVersionMajor}.${appVersionMinor}.${appVersionPatch}${appVersionSuffix}")