diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index e525252a9a3453597739fb75074a8dffb6836a99..42a24c98a87b1dad9a3d0290e5ebb2c21a4f1c8b 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 0        // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 2        // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 8        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 9        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )