diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 147f1f5597..5bd85de42c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 major=3
 minor=0
-release=8
+release=9
 
 # PRRTE required dependency versions.
 # List in x.y.z format.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ flex_min_version=2.5.4
 # requirement is that it must be entirely printable ASCII characters
 # and have no white space.
 
-greek=
+greek=a1
 
 # If repo_rev is empty, then the repository version number will be
 # obtained during "make dist" via the "git describe --tags --always"
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ date="Nov 24, 2018"
 # Version numbers are described in the Libtool current:revision:age
 # format.
 
-libprrte_so_version=3:8:0
+libprrte_so_version=3:9:0
 
 # "Common" components install standalone libraries that are run-time
 # linked by one or more components.  So they need to be versioned as