diff --git a/Rules.mak b/Rules.mak
index 4a1a1bd88..79f3b5053 100644
--- a/Rules.mak
+++ b/Rules.mak
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------
 PROG      := busybox
-VERSION   := 1.00-pre8
+VERSION   := 1.00-pre9
 BUILDTIME := $(shell TZ=UTC date -u "+%Y.%m.%d-%H:%M%z")