diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16b090d8..0dcbf377 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "js-yaml",
-  "version": "3.8.4",
+  "version": "3.9.0",
   "description": "YAML 1.2 parser and serializer",
   "keywords": [
     "yaml",