diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91737ae..8fc73a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ This project is **kept in sync** with the utilities library, so "jar hell" is no
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.dorkbox</groupId>
   <artifactId>Annotations</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8</version>
+  <version>2.9</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/dorkbox/annotation/AnnotationDetector.java b/src/dorkbox/annotation/AnnotationDetector.java
index 072e3da..bdbcaec 100644
--- a/src/dorkbox/annotation/AnnotationDetector.java
+++ b/src/dorkbox/annotation/AnnotationDetector.java
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class AnnotationDetector implements Builder, Cursor {
      */
     public static
     String getVersion() {
-        return "2.8";
+        return "2.9";
     }
 
     /**