diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6267fff..9965796 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ target_include_directories(
   PUBLIC "./include"
   PRIVATE "./src")
 set_target_properties(hyprutils PROPERTIES VERSION ${hyprutils_VERSION}
-                                           SOVERSION 7)
+                                           SOVERSION 8)
 target_link_libraries(hyprutils PkgConfig::deps)
 
 # tests
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b60d719..ac39a10 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.4
+0.9.0