diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
index 105139438b2ab336bf996f27a5867da9469ddff2..d690ff25050ef24e2630e13e2ebb5812d62a4114 100644
--- a/src/__init__.py
+++ b/src/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 __version_info__ = {
-    'major': 1,
-    'minor': 0,
+    'major': 0,
+    'minor': 9,
     'micro': 0,
 }
 
 
-def get_version(short=False):
-    assert __version_info__["releaselevel"] in ("alpha", "beta", "final")
+def get_version():
+    assert set(__version_info__.keys()) >= {"major", "minor"}
     vers = [f"{__version_info__['major']}.{__version_info__['minor']}"]
     if __version_info__["micro"]:
         vers.append(f".{__version_info__['micro']}")