diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed3a353f0e6..ab6dca6a3a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ documentation.
 
 [tutorial]: http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/tutorial.html
 [wiki-start]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-getting-started-developing-Rust
-[win-exe]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.8-install.exe
+[win-exe]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.9-install.exe
 
 ### Linux / OS X
 
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ documentation.
     
     To build from the [tarball] do:
     
-        $ curl -O http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.8.tar.gz
-        $ tar -xzf rust-0.8.tar.gz
-        $ cd rust-0.8
+        $ curl -O http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.9.tar.gz
+        $ tar -xzf rust-0.9.tar.gz
+        $ cd rust-0.9
     
     Or to build from the [repo] do:
 
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ documentation.
 4. Enjoy!
 
 [repo]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust
-[tarball]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.8.tar.gz
-[tutorial]: http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/0.8/tutorial.html
+[tarball]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.9.tar.gz
+[tutorial]: http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/0.9/tutorial.html
 
 ## Notes
 
diff --git a/doc/tutorial.md b/doc/tutorial.md
index ccc7525b8d5..9bb1a44d34d 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial.md
+++ b/doc/tutorial.md
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ If you've fulfilled those prerequisites, something along these lines
 should work.
 
 ~~~~ {.notrust}
-$ curl -O http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.8.tar.gz
-$ tar -xzf rust-0.8.tar.gz
-$ cd rust-0.8
+$ curl -O http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.9.tar.gz
+$ tar -xzf rust-0.9.tar.gz
+$ cd rust-0.9
 $ ./configure
 $ make && make install
 ~~~~
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ When complete, `make install` will place several programs into
 `/usr/local/bin`: `rustc`, the Rust compiler; `rustdoc`, the
 API-documentation tool; and `rustpkg`, the Rust package manager.
 
-[tarball]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.8.tar.gz
-[win-exe]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.8-install.exe
+[tarball]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.9.tar.gz
+[win-exe]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.9-install.exe
 
 ## Compiling your first program