diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: duckdb
 Title: DBI Package for the DuckDB Database Management System
-Version: 0.8.1-9000
+Version: 0.9.0
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Hannes",
              family = "Mühleisen",