diff --git a/TRITON_VERSION b/TRITON_VERSION
index 70682b584f..104e31e5cd 100644
--- a/TRITON_VERSION
+++ b/TRITON_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.8.0dev
+2.9.0dev
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index e70d9254af..3edec07d94 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 # incorrectly load the other version of the openvino libraries.
 #
 TRITON_VERSION_MAP = {
-    '2.8.0dev': ('21.03dev', '21.02', '1.6.0', '2021.1.110', '2021.1.110')
+    '2.9.0dev': ('21.04dev', '21.02', '1.6.0', '2021.1.110', '2021.1.110')
 }
 
 EXAMPLE_BACKENDS = ['identity', 'square', 'repeat']