diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index fa5166c383..f3219c3369 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ author = 'The Zulip Team'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.9'
+version = '1.9+git'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.9.0'
+release = '1.9.0+git'
 
 # This allows us to insert a warning that appears only on an unreleased
 # version, e.g. to say that something is likely to have changed.
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index e2830e580f..298baa649b 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ZULIP_VERSION = "1.9.0"
+ZULIP_VERSION = "1.9.0+git"
 
 # Bump the minor PROVISION_VERSION to indicate that folks should provision
 # only when going from an old version of the code to a newer version. Bump