diff --git a/src/package-lock.json b/src/package-lock.json
index d1f16f8e7..51b2bd5a8 100644
--- a/src/package-lock.json
+++ b/src/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ep_etherpad-lite",
-  "version": "1.8.16",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 1565939aa..284ec0ffb 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -248,6 +248,6 @@
     "test": "mocha --timeout 120000 --recursive tests/backend/specs ../node_modules/ep_*/static/tests/backend/specs",
     "test-container": "mocha --timeout 5000 tests/container/specs/api"
   },
-  "version": "1.8.16",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0"
 }