diff --git a/msgconnector/Makefile b/msgconnector/Makefile
index 8e2a0ca39b59b14c6c4ddf38f1c0c6629f722208..e82cc73e4592dea2f2914946c623c8ab6728aa31 100644
--- a/msgconnector/Makefile
+++ b/msgconnector/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 DISTNAME=		msgconnector-${VERSION}
-VERSION=		2.8.4
+VERSION=		2.9.0
 PKGREVISION=    	
 CATEGORIES=		planning
 MASTER_SITES=		${MASTER_SITE_OPENROBOTS:=msgconnector/}
diff --git a/msgconnector/depend.mk b/msgconnector/depend.mk
index 7df24f2e0cc86ec993fd5cb548d11a99dc4a1e49..4935231eca264c1711b1f1528e4b56df6b0f3082 100644
--- a/msgconnector/depend.mk
+++ b/msgconnector/depend.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PREFER.msgconnector?=	robotpkg
 
 DEPEND_USE+=		msgconnector
 
-DEPEND_ABI.msgconnector?=	msgconnector>=2.8.4
+DEPEND_ABI.msgconnector?=	msgconnector>=2.9.0
 DEPEND_DIR.msgconnector?=	../../wip/msgconnector
 
 SYSTEM_SEARCH.msgconnector=\
diff --git a/msgconnector/distinfo b/msgconnector/distinfo
index 2d778407fa64773b4a0772b1b7d8eb6fabf9f3b7..dbb31ea02ffc2b17ca08ecffbb06e62d43f78a2a 100644
--- a/msgconnector/distinfo
+++ b/msgconnector/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SHA1 (msgconnector-2.8.4.tar.gz) = db6b7ab78ba7fb3f20491457fcdaea1f2692df2f
-RMD160 (msgconnector-2.8.4.tar.gz) = 08aa874ad0ae7292dee8cddb874031f698d0bfe5
-Size (msgconnector-2.8.4.tar.gz) = 21523 bytes
+SHA1 (msgconnector-2.9.0.tar.gz) = 5ce0facd8c3d5a476ac924c92e097413dc042bbe
+RMD160 (msgconnector-2.9.0.tar.gz) = c41f7332596b890b47781dc4731b05e03c5fc9b8
+Size (msgconnector-2.9.0.tar.gz) = 20966 bytes