diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ca1358b5..ea7aee07 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "policy-server"
-version = "1.9.0"
+version = "1.9.1-rc1"
 authors = [
   "Kubewarden Developers <kubewarden@suse.de>",
   "Flavio Castelli <fcastelli@suse.com>",