diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
index 5e749d52126d..57f7597bf130 100644
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 TYPE="FreeBSD"
 REVISION="12.0"
-BRANCH="ALPHA8"
+BRANCH="ALPHA9"
 if [ -n "${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}" ]; then
 	BRANCH=${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}
 fi