diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b8600c8f1..3fc84f337 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@xmldom/xmldom",
-  "version": "0.8.2",
+  "version": "0.9.0-beta.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ba2d7f43..04ffd3b9e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@xmldom/xmldom",
-  "version": "0.8.2",
+  "version": "0.9.0-beta.1",
   "description": "A pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module.",
   "keywords": [
     "w3c",