diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 69dd6d55c9..b3b2c2ebc7 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *~
 *#
+project/plugins/project/
 project/boot/*
 */project/build/target
 */project/boot
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 95d001115b..b52f2291c7 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project.organization=se.scalablesolutions.akka
 project.name=akka
-project.version=0.8.1
+project.version=0.9
 scala.version=2.8.0.Beta1
 sbt.version=0.7.3
 def.scala.version=2.7.7