diff --git a/desmume/src/version.cpp b/desmume/src/version.cpp
index 9306b74ad..58cd5080d 100644
--- a/desmume/src/version.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/version.cpp
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@
 	#define DESMUME_JIT ""
 #endif
 
-#define DESMUME_VERSION_NUMERIC 90900
-#define DESMUME_VERSION_STRING " " "0.9.9" DESMUME_SUBVERSION_STRING DESMUME_FEATURE_STRING DESMUME_PLATFORM_STRING DESMUME_JIT DESMUME_CPUEXT_STRING
+#define DESMUME_VERSION_NUMERIC 90901
+#define DESMUME_VERSION_STRING " " "0.9.9a" DESMUME_SUBVERSION_STRING DESMUME_FEATURE_STRING DESMUME_PLATFORM_STRING DESMUME_JIT DESMUME_CPUEXT_STRING
 #define DESMUME_NAME_AND_VERSION DESMUME_NAME DESMUME_VERSION_STRING
 
 u32 EMU_DESMUME_VERSION_NUMERIC() { return DESMUME_VERSION_NUMERIC; }