diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index da6f4e1f..09d63113 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -3114,7 +3114,7 @@ getargs() {
             -v) verbose="on" ;;
             -vv) set -x; verbose="on" ;;
             --help) usage ;;
-            --version) printf "%s\n" "Neofetch 1.8"; exit ;;
+            --version) printf "%s\n" "Neofetch 1.9"; exit ;;
         esac
 
         shift