diff --git a/platform/ios/CHANGELOG.md b/platform/ios/CHANGELOG.md
index cfbb3ac35..499bfdce0 100644
--- a/platform/ios/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/platform/ios/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Mapbox welcomes participation and contributions from everyone. Please read [CONT
 
 ## master
 
-* Fixed a bug where setting `MGLMapView.userTrackingMode` to `MGLUserTrackingModeFollowWithHeading` and `MGLUserTrackingModeFollowWithCourse` was being ignored. ([#13849](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/13849))
+* Fixed a bug where setting `MGLMapView.userTrackingMode` to `MGLUserTrackingModeFollowWithHeading` or `MGLUserTrackingModeFollowWithCourse` would be ignored if the user’s location was not already available. ([#13849](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/13849))
 
 ## 4.8.0
 
diff --git a/platform/ios/Mapbox-iOS-SDK-nightly-dynamic.podspec b/platform/ios/Mapbox-iOS-SDK-nightly-dynamic.podspec
index 5cdcc7df4..cfcb2ef8d 100644
--- a/platform/ios/Mapbox-iOS-SDK-nightly-dynamic.podspec
+++ b/platform/ios/Mapbox-iOS-SDK-nightly-dynamic.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |m|
 
-  version = '4.8.0'
+  version = '4.9.0-alpha.1'
 
   m.name    = 'Mapbox-iOS-SDK-nightly-dynamic'
   m.version = "#{version}-nightly"
diff --git a/platform/ios/Mapbox-iOS-SDK-stripped.podspec b/platform/ios/Mapbox-iOS-SDK-stripped.podspec
index 8a1c795d4..936b7a120 100644
--- a/platform/ios/Mapbox-iOS-SDK-stripped.podspec
+++ b/platform/ios/Mapbox-iOS-SDK-stripped.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |m|
 
-  version = '4.8.0'
+  version = '4.9.0-alpha.1'
 
   m.name    = 'Mapbox-iOS-SDK-stripped'
   m.version = "#{version}-stripped"
diff --git a/platform/ios/Mapbox-iOS-SDK.podspec b/platform/ios/Mapbox-iOS-SDK.podspec
index 29dfe1df8..a5f4b6f33 100644
--- a/platform/ios/Mapbox-iOS-SDK.podspec
+++ b/platform/ios/Mapbox-iOS-SDK.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |m|
 
-  version = '4.8.0'
+  version = '4.9.0-alpha.1'
 
   m.name    = 'Mapbox-iOS-SDK'
   m.version = version