diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d903cf055d..48daa2cc3c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-    AC_INIT([suricata],[8.0.2-dev])
+    AC_INIT([suricata],[9.0.0-dev])
     m4_ifndef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [m4_define([AM_SILENT_RULES],[])])AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
     AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/autoconf.h])
     AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/suricata.c])
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock.in b/rust/Cargo.lock.in
index 9178ffd568..399d53484f 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock.in
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock.in
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ checksum = "6bdef32e8150c2a081110b42772ffe7d7c9032b606bc226c8260fd97e0976601"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "suricata"
-version = "8.0.2-dev"
+version = "9.0.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "aes",
  "aes-gcm",
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "suricata-derive"
-version = "8.0.2-dev"
+version = "9.0.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "suricata-htp"
-version = "8.0.2-dev"
+version = "9.0.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "brotli",
@@ -1588,11 +1588,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "suricata-sys"
-version = "8.0.2-dev"
+version = "9.0.0-dev"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "suricatactl"
-version = "8.0.2-dev"
+version = "9.0.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "once_cell",
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "suricatasc"
-version = "8.0.2-dev"
+version = "9.0.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "home",
diff --git a/rust/sys/src/sys.rs b/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
index b45f1137a0..15c582ed04 100644
--- a/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
+++ b/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // This file is automatically generated. Do not edit.
 
-pub const SC_PACKAGE_VERSION: &[u8; 10] = b"8.0.2-dev\0";
+pub const SC_PACKAGE_VERSION: &[u8; 10] = b"9.0.0-dev\0";
 pub type __intmax_t = ::std::os::raw::c_long;
 pub type intmax_t = __intmax_t;
 #[repr(u32)]