diff --git a/bigchaindb/version.py b/bigchaindb/version.py
index a0ea3097..ecbfc938 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/version.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '0.9.0'
+__version__ = '0.9.1'
 __short_version__ = '0.9'