diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5a7c25d9df5ecc7ac4583b6924d5f6cb93245173..5babfd7e600a03a798b1ff250b5d77803260caaf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 
-AC_INIT(sleuthkit, 4.0.0b1)
+AC_INIT(sleuthkit, 4.0.0b9)
 m4_include([m4/ax_pthread.m4])
 # include the version from 1.12.1. This will work for 
 m4_include([m4/cppunit.m4])
diff --git a/packages/sleuthkit.spec b/packages/sleuthkit.spec
index d8d1e2fe2a20db2da8b3d0456e915b0e218b85dc..e5207c547f5867995cabec85eae8a257bac5aa33 100644
--- a/packages/sleuthkit.spec
+++ b/packages/sleuthkit.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:		sleuthkit	
-Version:	4.0.0b1
+Version:	4.0.0b9
 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/tsk3/base/tsk_base.h b/tsk3/base/tsk_base.h
index b6e509500bf296a14c1147a9ba2294e49dd4eb4e..fe50010c64f9946325324004ae91b1cd31a36626 100644
--- a/tsk3/base/tsk_base.h
+++ b/tsk3/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 0x04000001
+#define TSK_VERSION_NUM 0x04000009
 
 /** Version of code in string form. See TSK_VERSION_NUM for
  * integer form. */
-#define TSK_VERSION_STR "4.0.0b1"
+#define TSK_VERSION_STR "4.0.0b9"
 
 
 /* include the TSK-specific header file that we created in autoconf