diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 858b7101..90b8cc54 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="matgl",
-    version="0.8.6",
+    version="0.9.0",
     author="Tsz Wai Ko, Marcel Nassar, Ji Qi, Santiago Miret, Eliott Liu, Shyue Ping Ong",
     author_email="t1ko@ucsd.edu, ongsp@ucsd.edu",
     maintainer="Shyue Ping Ong",