diff --git a/bindings/java/build.xml b/bindings/java/build.xml
index 9a5350cfd153cd19753dc060f86492feba816109..57499ee96a2c2857ec5e8f0d17c0deb256c3d7e5 100644
--- a/bindings/java/build.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/build.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
<import file="build-${os.family}.xml"/>
<!-- Careful changing this because release-windows.pl updates it by pattern -->
-<property name="VERSION" value="4.8.0"/>
+<property name="VERSION" value="4.9.0"/>
<!-- set global properties for this build -->
<property name="default-jar-location" location="/usr/share/java"/>
diff --git a/bindings/java/doxygen/Doxyfile b/bindings/java/doxygen/Doxyfile
index b6843f0435e79ba289103d046a0a2da9c0957941..7c615e85573d81cd944dec2b9eba95450701705b 100644
--- a/bindings/java/doxygen/Doxyfile
+++ b/bindings/java/doxygen/Doxyfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME = "Sleuth Kit Java Bindings (JNI)"
# control system is used.
# NOTE: This is updated by the release-unix.pl script
-PROJECT_NUMBER = 4.8.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 4.9.0
# Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
# for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ GENERATE_HTML = YES
# This tag requires that the tag GENERATE_HTML is set to YES.
# NOTE: This is updated by the release-unix.pl script
-HTML_OUTPUT = jni-docs/4.8.0/
+HTML_OUTPUT = jni-docs/4.9.0/
# The HTML_FILE_EXTENSION tag can be used to specify the file extension for each
# generated HTML page (for example: .htm, .php, .asp).
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 96a103c519713d26e71b5f7180e59c80ce05d87a..7d9e6b23159a00d5f39a28d37d0fd6760453e59e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(sleuthkit, 4.8.0)
+AC_INIT(sleuthkit, 4.9.0)
m4_include([m4/ax_pthread.m4])
dnl include the version from 1.12.1. This will work for
m4_include([m4/cppunit.m4])
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 768f923d4c9a6a7d29410e1b979db1fb7c4b83bb..1690c7fd522c0cf459a15909a66e8f8ce6cfb6e9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sleuthkit-java (4.8.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+sleuthkit-java (4.9.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* Initial release (Closes: #nnnn) <nnnn is the bug number of your ITP>
diff --git a/debian/sleuthkit-java.install b/debian/sleuthkit-java.install
index 9fc3bd7bbb9cfeb20fde972ee23f9bb1d68049e4..ac1d072cac56c7c660e5be1cfe77d0d79963a707 100644
--- a/debian/sleuthkit-java.install
+++ b/debian/sleuthkit-java.install
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
bindings/java/lib/sqlite-jdbc-3.25.2.jar /usr/share/java
-bindings/java/dist/sleuthkit-4.8.0.jar /usr/share/java
+bindings/java/dist/sleuthkit-4.9.0.jar /usr/share/java
diff --git a/packages/sleuthkit.spec b/packages/sleuthkit.spec
index e4d5b16e5b7529b4c7798e00d48a470e55280e12..4439db52aad80e20aa0f3b0238a2658e46d73294 100644
--- a/packages/sleuthkit.spec
+++ b/packages/sleuthkit.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
Name: sleuthkit
-Version: 4.8.0
+Version: 4.9.0
Release: 1%{?dist}
Summary: The Sleuth Kit (TSK) is a library and collection of command line tools that allow you to investigate volume and file system data.
diff --git a/tsk/Makefile.am b/tsk/Makefile.am
index d66d3126cc87f4f5ed2bd2caaa7735099552e5b7..a17d3de69df534508d971bf8548d96bb65ef9ede 100644
--- a/tsk/Makefile.am
+++ b/tsk/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ libtsk_la_LIBADD = base/libtskbase.la img/libtskimg.la \
vs/libtskvs.la fs/libtskfs.la hashdb/libtskhashdb.la \
auto/libtskauto.la pool/libtskpool.la util/libtskutil.la
# current:revision:age
-libtsk_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 20:0:1 $(LIBTSK_LDFLAGS)
+libtsk_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 20:1:1 $(LIBTSK_LDFLAGS)
EXTRA_DIST = tsk_tools_i.h docs/Doxyfile docs/*.dox docs/*.html
diff --git a/tsk/base/tsk_base.h b/tsk/base/tsk_base.h
index 47b1e50dc1875eabda0c42c42a7a26c17d6b48b1..91daa425392cd9526b9d9ca770d69b908d42c267 100644
--- a/tsk/base/tsk_base.h
+++ b/tsk/base/tsk_base.h
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
* 3.1.2b1 would be 0x03010201. Snapshot from Jan 2, 2003 would be
* 0xFF030102.
* See TSK_VERSION_STR for string form. */
-#define TSK_VERSION_NUM 0x040800ff
+#define TSK_VERSION_NUM 0x040900ff
/** Version of code in string form. See TSK_VERSION_NUM for
* integer form. */
-#define TSK_VERSION_STR "4.8.0"
+#define TSK_VERSION_STR "4.9.0"
/* include the TSK-specific header file that we created in autoconf
diff --git a/tsk/docs/Doxyfile b/tsk/docs/Doxyfile
index 2286063987879542a0d9a94babacab2707f84039..cf6380f2c8e7cd4552e12a4e7360b5b61027b26f 100644
--- a/tsk/docs/Doxyfile
+++ b/tsk/docs/Doxyfile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME = "The Sleuth Kit"
# if some version control system is used.
# This is automatically updated at release time.
-PROJECT_NUMBER = 4.8.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 4.9.0
# Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
# for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ GENERATE_HTML = YES
# put in front of it. If left blank `html' will be used as the default path.
# NOTE: This is automatically updated at release time.
-HTML_OUTPUT = api-docs/4.8.0/
+HTML_OUTPUT = api-docs/4.9.0/
# The HTML_FILE_EXTENSION tag can be used to specify the file extension for
# each generated HTML page (for example: .htm,.php,.asp). If it is left blank