diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 96a89dd4ee72d6ee5037058fcfdb976a17f745b1..dde2b6c1176a612bfab084c4172498f97dd929a7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.aparapi</groupId>
     <artifactId>aparapi-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.aparapi</groupId>
             <artifactId>aparapi</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jogamp.gluegen</groupId>