diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 54c7960acfc..16dafa5bbc7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-?? ??? 2016 PHP 7.0.8
+?? ??? 2016 PHP 7.0.9
+
+
+
+23 Jun 2016 PHP 7.0.8
 
 - Core:
   . Fixed bug #72221 (segfault, past-the-end access). (Lauri Kenttä)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5a437969f4c..142cf7f77be 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int zend_sprintf(char *buffer, const char *format, ...);
 
 PHP_MAJOR_VERSION=7
 PHP_MINOR_VERSION=0
-PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=8
+PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=9
 PHP_EXTRA_VERSION="-dev"
 PHP_VERSION="$PHP_MAJOR_VERSION.$PHP_MINOR_VERSION.$PHP_RELEASE_VERSION$PHP_EXTRA_VERSION"
 PHP_VERSION_ID=`expr [$]PHP_MAJOR_VERSION \* 10000 + [$]PHP_MINOR_VERSION \* 100 + [$]PHP_RELEASE_VERSION`
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index 63542ec8d36..f88ce5e69e0 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* edit configure.in to change version number */
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 7
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 0
-#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 8
+#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 9
 #define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "7.0.8-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION_ID 70008
+#define PHP_VERSION "7.0.9-dev"
+#define PHP_VERSION_ID 70009