diff --git a/tools/generate_pip_version.py b/tools/generate_pip_version.py
index 2547e7a2ce4..78102ed11dc 100644
--- a/tools/generate_pip_version.py
+++ b/tools/generate_pip_version.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 local_label = ""
-version = f"0.8.1"
+version = f"0.9.0"
 
 # set version if release of nightly
 assert (
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     date_str = today.strftime("%Y%m%d")
     version += f".dev{date_str}"
     is_nightly = True
-
+is_release=True
 # append compute_platform
 compute_platform = ""
 if args.cuda: