diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 007ffc9a29..9a9b898d36 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "app.vger.voyager"
         minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
-        versionCode 244
-        versionName "2.8.1"
+        versionCode 245
+        versionName "2.9.0"
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         aaptOptions {
              // Files and dirs to omit from the packaged assets dir, modified to accommodate modern web apps.
diff --git a/ios/App/App/Info.plist b/ios/App/App/Info.plist
index 09b1ec7b58..e2ae4ea9b7 100644
--- a/ios/App/App/Info.plist
+++ b/ios/App/App/Info.plist
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
     <string>APPL</string>
     <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-    <string>2.8.1</string>
+    <string>2.9.0</string>
     <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
     <array>
       <dict>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       </dict>
     </array>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-    <string>244</string>
+    <string>245</string>
     <key>ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption</key>
     <false/>
     <key>LSRequiresIPhoneOS</key>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a9410ee871..dec23151c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "voyager",
   "description": "A progressive webapp Lemmy client",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.8.1",
+  "version": "2.9.0",
   "type": "module",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@9.0.6+sha256.0624e30eff866cdeb363b15061bdb7fd9425b17bc1bb42c22f5f4efdea21f6b3",
   "scripts": {