diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e3e3c59fb..e632456ea 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.0b9
+-----
+
 1.0b8
 -----
 * Better support for singleton (non-album) tracks. Whereas beets
diff --git a/beets/__init__.py b/beets/__init__.py
index 98e8934c1..c32dac812 100644
--- a/beets/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of beets.
-# Copyright 2010, Adrian Sampson.
+# Copyright 2011, Adrian Sampson.
 #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 # a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
 # included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 
-__version__ = '1.0b8'
+__version__ = '1.0b9'
 __author__ = 'Adrian Sampson <adrian@radbox.org>'
 
 import beets.library
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d0b59896d..ecab9844c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 # This file is part of beets.
-# Copyright 2010, Adrian Sampson.
+# Copyright 2011, Adrian Sampson.
 #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 # a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def _read(fn):
     return open(path).read()
 
 setup(name='beets',
-      version='1.0b8',
+      version='1.0b9',
       description='music tagger and library organizer',
       author='Adrian Sampson',
       author_email='adrian@radbox.org',