diff --git a/openshift-install-powervs b/openshift-install-powervs
index 23336be..b7485dd 100755
--- a/openshift-install-powervs
+++ b/openshift-install-powervs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Where <args>:
 
 Environment Variables:
   IBMCLOUD_API_KEY    IBM Cloud API key
-  RELEASE_VER         OpenShift release version (Default: 4.8)
+  RELEASE_VER         OpenShift release version (Default: 4.9)
   ARTIFACTS_VERSION   Tag or Branch name of ocp4-upi-powervs repository (Default: release-<RELEASE_VER>)
   RHEL_SUBS_PASSWORD  RHEL subscription password if not provided in variables
   NO_OF_RETRY         Number of retries/attempts to run repeatable actions such as create (Default: 5)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ EOF
   exit 0
 }
 
-RELEASE_VER=${RELEASE_VER:-"4.8"}
+RELEASE_VER=${RELEASE_VER:-"4.9"}
 ARTIFACTS_REPO=${ARTIFACTS_REPO:-"https://github.com/ocp-power-automation/ocp4-upi-powervs"}
 ARTIFACTS_VERSION=${ARTIFACTS_VERSION:-"release-$RELEASE_VER"}
 #ARTIFACTS_VERSION="v4.5.3"