diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index c8a1d181..71591323 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if has('reltime')
     lockvar! g:_SYNTASTIC_START
 endif
 
-let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.8.0-113'
+let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.9.0'
 lockvar g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION
 
 " Sanity checks {{{1