diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 2dd9f076..414b1a70 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "sqlbot"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.9.0"
 description = ""
 requires-python = "==3.11.*"
 dependencies = [