diff --git a/src/porespy/__version__.py b/src/porespy/__version__.py
index 21bb05d52..245e95979 100644
--- a/src/porespy/__version__.py
+++ b/src/porespy/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '3.0.0a0.dev8'
+__version__ = '3.0.0a0.dev9'