diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f422c6aa3..2808ddfac 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ set (CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 # set version of the project
 set(LIBYANG_MAJOR_VERSION 3)
 set(LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION 7)
-set(LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION 8)
+set(LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION 9)
 set(LIBYANG_VERSION ${LIBYANG_MAJOR_VERSION}.${LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION}.${LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION})
 
 # set version of the library