diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3f469c3..4421f46 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires = ["flit_core >=3.8.0,<4"]
 
 [project]
 name = "tiramisu"
-version = "5.2.0a8"
+version = "5.2.0a9"
 authors = [{name = "Emmanuel Garette", email = "gnunux@gnunux.info"}]
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "an options controller tool"
diff --git a/tiramisu/__version__.py b/tiramisu/__version__.py
index 0fbf963..93d0a9f 100644
--- a/tiramisu/__version__.py
+++ b/tiramisu/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.2.0a8"
+__version__ = "5.2.0a9"