diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 62e0448fc12..16d6cedc103 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "0.9b1"
+IDLE_VERSION = "0.9b1+"