diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 92fe7933..a5b7565d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name = "bitflags"
 # NB: When modifying, also modify:
 #   1. html_root_url in lib.rs
 #   2. number in readme (for breaking changes)
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 authors = ["The Rust Project Developers"]
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 keywords = ["bit", "bitmask", "bitflags"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a140f2d..592ee3df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-bitflags = "0.8"
+bitflags = "0.9"
 ```
 
 and this to your crate root:
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0de8c6db..50abafcf 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 //! A typesafe bitmask flag generator useful for sets of C-style bitmask flags.
 //! It can be used for creating typesafe wrappers around C APIs.
 //!
-//! The `bitflags!` macro generates a `struct` that manages a set of flags. The 
-//! flags should only be defined for integer types, otherwise unexpected type 
+//! The `bitflags!` macro generates a `struct` that manages a set of flags. The
+//! flags should only be defined for integer types, otherwise unexpected type
 //! errors may occur at compile time.
 //!
 //! # Example
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 
 #![no_std]
 
-#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/bitflags/0.8.2")]
+#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/bitflags/0.9.0")]
 // When compiled for the rustc compiler itself we want to make sure that this is
 // an unstable crate.
 #![cfg_attr(rustbuild, feature(staged_api))]