diff --git a/dev-tools/releng/src/main.rs b/dev-tools/releng/src/main.rs
index 445090115d..9bb0cd33bb 100644
--- a/dev-tools/releng/src/main.rs
+++ b/dev-tools/releng/src/main.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ use crate::job::Jobs;
 /// to as "v8", "version 8", or "release 8" to customers). The use of semantic
 /// versioning is mostly to hedge for perhaps wanting something more granular in
 /// the future.
-const BASE_VERSION: Version = Version::new(8, 0, 0);
+const BASE_VERSION: Version = Version::new(9, 0, 0);
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 enum InstallMethod {