diff --git a/src/misc.cpp b/src/misc.cpp
index 86c16d36174..2eb62f3e4ff 100644
--- a/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/misc.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace {
 
 /// Version number. If Version is left empty, then compile date in the format
 /// DD-MM-YY and show in engine_info.
-const string Version = "";
+const string Version = "9";
 
 /// Our fancy logging facility. The trick here is to replace cin.rdbuf() and
 /// cout.rdbuf() with two Tie objects that tie cin and cout to a file stream. We