diff --git a/settings.ini b/settings.ini
index c480c53..18d2104 100644
--- a/settings.ini
+++ b/settings.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 repo = whisper_normalizer
 lib_name = whisper_normalizer
-version = 0.0.8
+version = 0.0.9
 min_python = 3.7
 license = mit
 black_formatting = True
diff --git a/whisper_normalizer/__init__.py b/whisper_normalizer/__init__.py
index a73339b..00ec2dc 100644
--- a/whisper_normalizer/__init__.py
+++ b/whisper_normalizer/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.8"
+__version__ = "0.0.9"