diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f55e0b7ee1..e143195414 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "mxcubecore"
-version = "1.108.0"
+version = "1.109.0"
 license = "LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 description = "Core libraries for the MXCuBE application"
 authors = ["The MXCuBE collaboration <mxcube@esrf.fr>"]