diff --git a/package/hiawatha/hiawatha.mk b/package/hiawatha/hiawatha.mk
index 5c328bf19e..1cd700ac20 100644
--- a/package/hiawatha/hiawatha.mk
+++ b/package/hiawatha/hiawatha.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HIAWATHA_VERSION = 8.8
+HIAWATHA_VERSION = 9.0
 HIAWATHA_SITE = http://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/files
 HIAWATHA_LICENSE = GPLv2
 HIAWATHA_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE