diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aa52998009816b51a5e7b16e7c1475a97d3871da..c163ebd411aa5dcaebd93b4e991e2749e01e95a1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class CustomBuildCommand(distutils.command.build.build):
 
 setup(
     name="binarycpython",
-    version="0.4",
+    version="0.9",
     description="""This is a python API for binary_c (versions {}) by David Hendriks, Rob Izzard and collaborators. Based on the initial set up by Jeff andrews.""".format(
         ",".join(REQUIRED_BINARY_C_VERSIONS),
         ",".join(REQUIRED_BINARY_C_VERSIONS),