diff --git a/text.cabal b/text.cabal
index 17c3f5bfb7cafcaadbb9ce9b1c082f2fc40218f4..4da82291e557c5b348e218ab4b4ba92cdd18953e 100644
--- a/text.cabal
+++ b/text.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           text
-version:        0.8.1.0
+version:        0.9.0.0
 homepage:       http://code.haskell.org/text
 synopsis:       An efficient packed Unicode text type.
 description: