From a315e82f319a19bdf8700f72e0d4f0611389d47b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 09:29:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [4.2.x] Post-release version bump.

---
 django/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/django/__init__.py b/django/__init__.py
index 81f294bceb..74dfad8c07 100644
--- a/django/__init__.py
+++ b/django/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.utils.version import get_version
 
-VERSION = (4, 2, 8, "final", 0)
+VERSION = (4, 2, 9, "alpha", 0)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)