diff --git a/appscale/tools/local_state.py b/appscale/tools/local_state.py
index 2a60fa79..d8e7abf7 100644
--- a/appscale/tools/local_state.py
+++ b/appscale/tools/local_state.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 
 # The version of the AppScale Tools we're running on.
-APPSCALE_VERSION = "2.8.0"
+APPSCALE_VERSION = "2.9.0"
 
 
 class LocalState(object):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 94451288..6465f767 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 setup(
   name='appscale-tools',
-  version='2.8.0',
+  version='2.9.0',
   description='A set of command-line tools for interacting with AppScale',
   long_description=long_description,
   author='AppScale Systems, Inc.',