diff --git a/openbabel/.SRCINFO b/openbabel/.SRCINFO
index f1e36e9246..213c72de81 100644
--- a/openbabel/.SRCINFO
+++ b/openbabel/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgbase = openbabel
 	pkgdesc = A library designed to interconvert between many file formats used in molecular modeling and computational chemistry
 	pkgver = 3.1.1
-	pkgrel = 8.1
+	pkgrel = 9
 	url = https://openbabel.org/wiki/Main_Page
 	arch = x86_64
 	arch = powerpc64le
diff --git a/openbabel/PKGBUILD b/openbabel/PKGBUILD
index 768f0abc75..ae3622e1f0 100644
--- a/openbabel/PKGBUILD
+++ b/openbabel/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 pkgbase=openbabel
 pkgname=(openbabel python-openbabel)
 pkgver=3.1.1
-pkgrel=8.1
+pkgrel=9
 pkgdesc='A library designed to interconvert between many file formats used in molecular modeling and computational chemistry'
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
 url='https://openbabel.org/wiki/Main_Page'