diff --git a/openshift/__init__.py b/openshift/__init__.py
index 10fa3414..97c66932 100644
--- a/openshift/__init__.py
+++ b/openshift/__init__.py
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 
 # Do not edit these constants. They will be updated automatically
 # by scripts/update-version.sh.
-__version__ = "0.9.0"
-__k8s_client_version__ = "8.0.0"
+__version__ = "0.9.0a1"
+__k8s_client_version__ = "9.0.0"
diff --git a/python-openshift.spec b/python-openshift.spec
index eba285a1..83fa9659 100644
--- a/python-openshift.spec
+++ b/python-openshift.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:       python-%{library}
-Version:    0.9.0
+Version:    0.9.0a1
 Release:    1%{?dist}
 Summary:    Python client for the OpenShift API  
 License:    ASL 2.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fa8915d2..4d4ff1a6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dictdiffer
 jinja2
-kubernetes ~= 8.0.0
+kubernetes ~= 9.0.0
 python-string-utils
 ruamel.yaml >= 0.15
 six
diff --git a/scripts/constants.py b/scripts/constants.py
index 7d25d8b2..9f7f7d82 100644
--- a/scripts/constants.py
+++ b/scripts/constants.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 
 # client version for packaging and releasing. It can
 # be different than SPEC_VERSION.
-CLIENT_VERSION = "0.9.0"
-KUBERNETES_CLIENT_VERSION = "8.0.0"
+CLIENT_VERSION = "0.9.0a1"
+KUBERNETES_CLIENT_VERSION = "9.0.0"
 
 # Name of the release package
 PACKAGE_NAME = "openshift"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a3318fdc..d35cbd9a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 # Do not edit these constants. They will be updated automatically
 # by scripts/update-client.sh.
-CLIENT_VERSION = "0.9.0"
+CLIENT_VERSION = "0.9.0a1"
 PACKAGE_NAME = "openshift"
 DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = "3 - Alpha"