diff --git a/BinaryObjectScanner/BinaryObjectScanner.csproj b/BinaryObjectScanner/BinaryObjectScanner.csproj
index 698e5770..5680a6fa 100644
--- a/BinaryObjectScanner/BinaryObjectScanner.csproj
+++ b/BinaryObjectScanner/BinaryObjectScanner.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <!-- Assembly Properties -->
     <TargetFrameworks>net48;net6.0;net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x86;win-x64;linux-x64;osx-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
-    <Version>2.8</Version>
+    <Version>2.9.0</Version>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   
     <!-- Package Properties -->
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index c4020769..e3a49efb 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # version format
-version: 2.8-{build}
+version: 2.9.0-{build}
 
 # pull request template
 pull_requests: