diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a3df0a6959e154733da89a5d6063742ce6d5b851..ac39a106c48515b621e90c028ed94c6f71bc03fa 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0
+0.9.0
diff --git a/genver.sh b/genver.sh
index 5c199f40d66edc928287ca0204d32c4273bc0d70..04f608cf3dbea4dba60d7345cd1c40f9baac4dce 100755
--- a/genver.sh
+++ b/genver.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if [[ ${GO_VERSION_ARR[0]} -lt ${GO_VERSION_REQ[0]} || (${GO_VERSION_ARR[0]} -eq
 fi
 
 ## Generate Repository Version
-version=$(git log --date=iso --pretty=format:"%cd @%h" -1)
+version="$(git log --date=iso --pretty=format:"%cd" -1) $(git describe --tags --always)"
 if [ "X${version}" == "X" ]; then
     version="not a git repo"
 fi