diff --git a/git_fleximod/cli.py b/git_fleximod/cli.py
index 7e4f9c0..0855083 100644
--- a/git_fleximod/cli.py
+++ b/git_fleximod/cli.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import argparse
 from git_fleximod import utils
 
-__version__ = "0.8.5"
+__version__ = "0.9.0"
 
 def find_root_dir(filename=".gitmodules"):
     """ finds the highest directory in tree
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 97bb9ac..ecd1ac0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "git-fleximod"
-version = "0.8.5"
+version = "0.9.0"
 description = "Extended support for git-submodule and git-sparse-checkout"
 authors = ["Jim Edwards <jedwards@ucar.edu>"]
 maintainers = ["Jim Edwards <jedwards@ucar.edu>"]
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index dd6ec3f..236c90a 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/jedwards4b/git-fleximod/"
 
 [version]
-current = "0.8.5"
+current = "0.9.0"
 
 # Example of a semver regexp.
 # Make sure this matches current_version before