diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 744b46f71..98bd44c9a 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Version represents the value of the current semantic version.
-var Version = "3.8.1"
+var Version = "3.9.0"
 
 // PrintVersion prints the current version of sops. If the flag
 // `--disable-version-check` is set, the function will not attempt