diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5d0bc37..b80b1b6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "podaac-tig"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha.8"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.9"
 description = "Tool for Image Generation (TIG)"
 authors = ["podaac-tva <podaac-tva@jpl.nasa.gov>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"