diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9caa3013b..964307ac1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The version of Storm to use must match the one defined in the pom.xml file of yo
 
 Once Storm is installed, the easiest way to get started is to generate a brand new StormCrawler project using \: 
 
-`mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler -DarchetypeArtifactId=storm-crawler-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=2.8`
+`mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler -DarchetypeArtifactId=storm-crawler-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=2.9`
 
 You'll be asked to enter a groupId (e.g. com.mycompany.crawler), an artefactId (e.g. stormcrawler), a version and package name.
 
diff --git a/external/elasticsearch/README.md b/external/elasticsearch/README.md
index 60d1be18e..fc60442fc 100644
--- a/external/elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/external/elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Getting started
 
 Use the archetype for Elasticsearch with:
 
-`mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler -DarchetypeArtifactId=storm-crawler-elasticsearch-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=2.8`
+`mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler -DarchetypeArtifactId=storm-crawler-elasticsearch-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=2.9`
 
 You'll be asked to enter a groupId (e.g. com.mycompany.crawler), an artefactId (e.g. stormcrawler), a version and package name.
 
diff --git a/external/opensearch/README.md b/external/opensearch/README.md
index 557af75e9..e7d3d7498 100644
--- a/external/opensearch/README.md
+++ b/external/opensearch/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Getting started
 
 The easiest way is currently to use the archetype for OpenSearch with:
 
-`mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler -DarchetypeArtifactId=storm-crawler-opensearch-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=2.8`
+`mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler -DarchetypeArtifactId=storm-crawler-opensearch-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=2.9`
 
 You'll be asked to enter a groupId (e.g. com.mycompany.crawler), an artefactId (e.g. stormcrawler), a version and package name.
 
diff --git a/external/warc/README.md b/external/warc/README.md
index 69998fc20..9dc6347f6 100644
--- a/external/warc/README.md
+++ b/external/warc/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ To configure the WARCHdfsBolt, include the following snippet in your crawl topol
                 .withPath(warcFilePath);
 
         Map<String,String> fields = new HashMap<>();
-        fields.put("software:", "StormCrawler 2.8 http://stormcrawler.net/");
+        fields.put("software:", "StormCrawler 2.9 http://stormcrawler.net/");
         fields.put("format", "WARC File Format 1.0");
         fields.put("conformsTo:",
                 "https://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.0/");
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ components:
       - name: "put"
         args:
          - "software"
-         - "StormCrawler 2.8 http://stormcrawler.net/"
+         - "StormCrawler 2.9 http://stormcrawler.net/"
       - name: "put"
         args:
          - "format"