diff --git a/CMake/SMDefs.cmake b/CMake/SMDefs.cmake
index def252478a..86523c6ecd 100644
--- a/CMake/SMDefs.cmake
+++ b/CMake/SMDefs.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Set up version numbers according to the new scheme.
 set(SM_VERSION_MAJOR 5)
 set(SM_VERSION_MINOR 0)
-set(SM_VERSION_PATCH 8)
+set(SM_VERSION_PATCH 9)
 set(SM_VERSION_TRADITIONAL "${SM_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SM_VERSION_MINOR}.${SM_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 execute_process(COMMAND git rev-parse --short HEAD