diff --git a/bin/offlineimap b/bin/offlineimap
index 00da684..cbbdf9b 100755
--- a/bin/offlineimap
+++ b/bin/offlineimap
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 
 from offlineimap import init
-init.startup('5.99.7')
+init.startup('5.99.9')
diff --git a/offlineimap.py b/offlineimap.py
index 4c2e553..0fd98ec 100755
--- a/offlineimap.py
+++ b/offlineimap.py
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
 from offlineimap import init
-init.startup('5.99.7')
+init.startup('5.99.9')
diff --git a/offlineimap/version.py b/offlineimap/version.py
index 01ea23a..bcc2366 100644
--- a/offlineimap/version.py
+++ b/offlineimap/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 productname = 'OfflineIMAP'
-versionstr = "5.99.7"
+versionstr = "5.99.9"
 
 versionlist = versionstr.split(".")
 major = versionlist[0]
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ COPYING for details.  This is free software, and you are welcome
 to distribute it under the conditions laid out in COPYING."""
 
 homepage = "http://software.complete.org/offlineimap/"
-license = """Copyright (C) 2002 - 2007 John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
+license = """Copyright (C) 2002 - 2008 John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by