diff --git a/SPECS/rocky-release.spec b/SPECS/rocky-release.spec
index aca882f..1a99ad0 100644
--- a/SPECS/rocky-release.spec
+++ b/SPECS/rocky-release.spec
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 %define distro_name  Rocky Linux
 %define distro_code  Green Obsidian
 %define major        8
-%define minor        8
-%define rocky_rel    1%{?rllh:.%{rllh}}%{!?rllh:.5}
-%define upstream_rel %{major}.%{minor}-0.3
+%define minor        9
+%define rocky_rel    1%{?rllh:.%{rllh}}%{!?rllh:.1}
+%define upstream_rel %{major}.%{minor}-0.1
 %define rpm_license  BSD-3-Clause
 %define dist         .el%{major}
 %define home_url     https://rockylinux.org/
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ install -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE102} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/pki/rpm-gpg/
 %{_datadir}/pki/sb-certs/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 29 2023 Louis Abel <label@rockylinux.org> - 8.9-1.1
+- Bump to 8.9 for lookahead development
+
 * Fri Mar 17 2023 Louis Abel <label@rockylinux.org> - 8.8-1.5
 - Backport rocky-sb-certs to Rocky Linux 8