diff --git a/constants.php b/constants.php
index 75db990fd2f011cf932bfa4c61ef1b376a1931b9..bdb9aa2cafaf91bae4231c9ec61d0764e6e0164f 100644
--- a/constants.php
+++ b/constants.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # variables
 
 //use this to know which version we published
-$versionString = '2.8.0';
+$versionString = '2.9.0';
 $rootDirNameToUseString = 'work';
 
 $isDebug = false; //logs debug to STDOUT