diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 53a780c28bea..8ff4e9bd7414 100644
--- a/[refs]
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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 87f3b6b6fbcbfa715f0d0db3e7a63e65716a6d4e
+refs/heads/master: 4330ed8ed4da360ac1ca14b0fddff4c05b10de16
diff --git a/trunk/Makefile b/trunk/Makefile
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 27
-EXTRAVERSION = -rc8
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc9
 NAME = Rotary Wombat
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*