diff --git a/version/rawversion/version.go b/version/rawversion/version.go
index cec9401b34..f18d595111 100644
--- a/version/rawversion/version.go
+++ b/version/rawversion/version.go
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ package rawversion
 //
 // This indirection is needed to prevent semver packages from bloating
 // Quadlet's binary size.
-const RawVersion = "5.8.8"
+const RawVersion = "5.8.9-dev"