diff --git a/cassandra/__init__.py b/cassandra/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/cassandra/__init__.py
+++ b/cassandra/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
 
 logging.getLogger('cassandra').addHandler(NullHandler())
 
-__version_info__ = (3, 9, 0)
+__version_info__ = (3, 9, 0, 'post0')
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))
post-release version (<I>)