diff --git a/jupyterlab_server/_version.py b/jupyterlab_server/_version.py
index 980c3dd6..3ec30c07 100644
--- a/jupyterlab_server/_version.py
+++ b/jupyterlab_server/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (2, 0, 0, 'beta', 8)
+version_info = (2, 0, 0, 'beta', 9)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info[:3])) + ''.join(map(str, version_info[3:]))