diff --git a/ci/Cargo.lock.min b/ci/Cargo.lock.min
index cea6743..352b6be 100644
--- a/ci/Cargo.lock.min
+++ b/ci/Cargo.lock.min
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "neo4rs"
-version = "0.8.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.9.0-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "backoff",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/ci/Cargo.lock.msrv b/ci/Cargo.lock.msrv
index 2035d51..39fad1f 100644
--- a/ci/Cargo.lock.msrv
+++ b/ci/Cargo.lock.msrv
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "neo4rs"
-version = "0.8.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.9.0-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "backoff",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index a4eec6d..c7c91c9 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "neo4rs"
-version = "0.8.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.9.0-rc.1"
 authors = [
     "Neo4j Labs <devrel@neo4j.com>",
     "John Pradeep Vincent <yehohanan7@gmail.com>",