diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f690b7a..932c6de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ This project is based on the Google Summer of Code 2011 project done by Markus J
 		<tag>HEAD</tag>
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
-		<tapestry-release-version>5.8.6</tapestry-release-version>
+		<tapestry-release-version>5.9.0</tapestry-release-version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 	</properties>