diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index b5d70a7033a..4ed6cd9d965 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "0.8.2"
+IDLE_VERSION = "0.8.9"