diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ea511b907..c280be9204 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ endif ()
 
 set(ARANGODB_VERSION_MAJOR      "3")
 set(ARANGODB_VERSION_MINOR      "3")
-set(ARANGODB_VERSION_REVISION   "rc8")
+set(ARANGODB_VERSION_REVISION   "rc9")
 set(ARANGODB_PACKAGE_REVISION   "1")
 # version for the windows rc file needs to be numeric:
 if (ARANGODB_VERSION_REVISION GREATER -1)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 433ec6f5fa..9c567f6fa4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.3.rc7
+3.3.rc9
diff --git a/VERSIONS b/VERSIONS
index a8b7cdcdfa..a30d9237ad 100644
--- a/VERSIONS
+++ b/VERSIONS
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ GCHANGE_FREQ "daily"
 GPRIORITY "0.1"
 BROWSEABLE_VERSIONS "'devel', '3.2', '3.1', '3.0', '2.8'"
 STARTER_REV "0.10.4"
-SYNCER_REV "0.4.15"
+SYNCER_REV "0.4.16"