diff --git a/chartpress.yaml b/chartpress.yaml
index 252b2e47a1..18c3f990e2 100644
--- a/chartpress.yaml
+++ b/chartpress.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ charts:
       hub:
         valuesPath: hub.image
         buildArgs:
-          JUPYTERHUB_VERSION: 0.8.1
+          JUPYTERHUB_VERSION: 0.9.0b1
       network-tools:
         valuesPath: singleuser.networkTools.image
       image-awaiter:
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ charts:
       singleuser-sample:
         valuesPath: singleuser.image
         buildArgs:
-          JUPYTERHUB_VERSION: 0.8.1
+          JUPYTERHUB_VERSION: 0.9.0b1
       pod-culler:
         valuesPath: cull.podCuller.image
diff --git a/images/hub/Dockerfile b/images/hub/Dockerfile
index 0752d7fe1a..b6fc6b26b1 100644
--- a/images/hub/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/hub/Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ RUN adduser --disabled-password \
     --force-badname \
     ${NB_USER}
 
-ARG JUPYTERHUB_VERSION=0.8.*
+ARG JUPYTERHUB_VERSION=0.9.*
 
 ADD requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
 RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir \