diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a6035bb0..2fa3dd60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>com.gw</groupId>
 	<artifactId>geoweaver</artifactId>
-	<version>1.8.9</version>
+	<version>1.9.0</version>
 	<name>geoweaver</name>
 	<description>A lightweight workflow management software for organizing data analysis workflows, 
 	preserving history of every workflow run, and improving scientist producitvity and workflow FAIRness,
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/js/gw.js b/src/main/resources/static/js/gw.js
index 2c4c34a6..834c650e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/js/gw.js
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/js/gw.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ edu = {
         sponsor:
           "ESIPLab incubator project, NASA ACCESS project, NSF Geoinformatics project, NSF Cybertraining project",
 
-        version: "1.8.9",
+        version: "1.9.0",
 
         author: "open source contributors",