diff --git a/tools/Cargo.lock b/tools/Cargo.lock
index 248fcd29..ffa0acc6 100644
--- a/tools/Cargo.lock
+++ b/tools/Cargo.lock
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ways"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "agent-fmt",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/tools/ways-cli/Cargo.toml b/tools/ways-cli/Cargo.toml
index 0a52e7e3..aabbd3e2 100644
--- a/tools/ways-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/ways-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ways"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Unified CLI for ways — knowledge guidance for Claude Code"
 license = "MIT"