diff --git a/dbt-athena-community/pyproject.toml b/dbt-athena-community/pyproject.toml
index 03287187..b2dfe528 100644
--- a/dbt-athena-community/pyproject.toml
+++ b/dbt-athena-community/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
 # these versions should always match and they both should match the local version of dbt-athena
-dependencies = ["dbt-athena==1.8.5rc1"]
-version = "1.8.5rc1"
+dependencies = ["dbt-athena==1.9.0b1"]
+version = "1.9.0b1"
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-athena/dbt-athena"
 Documentation = "https://docs.getdbt.com"
diff --git a/dbt-athena/src/dbt/adapters/athena/__version__.py b/dbt-athena/src/dbt/adapters/athena/__version__.py
index e7014098..a4077fff 100644
--- a/dbt-athena/src/dbt/adapters/athena/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt-athena/src/dbt/adapters/athena/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.8.5rc1"
+version = "1.9.0b1"