diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4c24e88..5586943 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-## 0.8.3 In development
+## 0.9.0 In development
+
+## 0.9.0 Beta 1
 
 * Allow namespaced keywords and symbols for queries. (@jrdoane)
 * Ensure sequences act as function invocations when in value position (@joodie)
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 10c9c15..281c023 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject honeysql "0.8.3-SNAPSHOT"
+(defproject honeysql "0.9.0-beta1"
   :description "SQL as Clojure data structures"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
             :url "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}