diff --git a/.ci/bwcVersions b/.ci/bwcVersions
index 923108a6695ad..0da7f8b223fb3 100644
--- a/.ci/bwcVersions
+++ b/.ci/bwcVersions
@@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ BWC_VERSION:
   - "2.6.1"
   - "2.7.0"
   - "2.7.1"
+  - "2.8.0"
diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 74387cf74e1f8..9535cd097c134 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-opensearch        = 2.8.0
+opensearch        = 2.9.0
 lucene            = 9.6.0
 
 bundled_jdk_vendor = adoptium
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/Version.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/Version.java
index 7d9ab63b3252c..91444eecf2ae4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/Version.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/Version.java
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ public class Version implements Comparable<Version>, ToXContentFragment {
     public static final Version V_2_6_1 = new Version(2060199, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_9_5_0);
     public static final Version V_2_7_0 = new Version(2070099, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_9_5_0);
     public static final Version V_2_7_1 = new Version(2070199, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_9_5_0);
-
     public static final Version V_2_8_0 = new Version(2080099, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_9_6_0);
-    public static final Version CURRENT = V_2_8_0;
+    public static final Version V_2_9_0 = new Version(2090099, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_9_6_0);
+    public static final Version CURRENT = V_2_9_0;
 
     public static Version readVersion(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         return fromId(in.readVInt());