diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7883a2d6..834afa97 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0MQ version 4.0.9 stable, released on 2016/xx/xx
+================================================
+
+
 0MQ version 4.0.8 stable, released on 2016/06/17
 ================================================
 
diff --git a/include/zmq.h b/include/zmq.h
index 8970d5bd..a7e9761e 100644
--- a/include/zmq.h
+++ b/include/zmq.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 /*  Version macros for compile-time API version detection                     */
 #define ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR 4
 #define ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR 0
-#define ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH 8
+#define ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH 9
 
 #define ZMQ_MAKE_VERSION(major, minor, patch) \
     ((major) * 10000 + (minor) * 100 + (patch))