diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5d94718..0cf16db 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ewasm_api"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 authors = ["Alex Beregszaszi <alex@rtfs.hu>", "Jake Lang <jak3lang@gmail.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/ewasm/ewasm-rust-api"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 864fb53..8ddf7d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This project aims to give a low-level and a high-level binding to ewasm from Rus
 Add the dependency, as usual:
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-ewasm-api = "0.8"
+ewasm-api = "0.9"
 ```
 
 In your project, include the prelude: