diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ce9b7e11..459242878 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
 # configure version
 set(sdrangel_VERSION_MAJOR "4")
-set(sdrangel_VERSION_MINOR "8")
-set(sdrangel_VERSION_PATCH "2")
+set(sdrangel_VERSION_MINOR "9")
+set(sdrangel_VERSION_PATCH "0")
 set(sdrangel_VERSION_SUFFIX "")
 
 # SDRAngel cmake options
diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index b0814f326..ba0300a67 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ macro(makeCopy src dest target)
   endif()
 endmacro()
 
-MESSAGE(STATUS "*** DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY is ${DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
-
 # probably build with mingw64 on windows
 if(NOT WIN32)
   # needs boost