diff --git a/resources/leiningen/new/app/project.clj b/resources/leiningen/new/app/project.clj
index 5b1c29f5..e4be2ef6 100644
--- a/resources/leiningen/new/app/project.clj
+++ b/resources/leiningen/new/app/project.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   :url "http://example.com/FIXME"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
             :url "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.8.0"]]
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.9.0"]]
   :main ^:skip-aot {{namespace}}
   :target-path "target/%s"
   :profiles {:uberjar {:aot :all}})
diff --git a/resources/leiningen/new/default/project.clj b/resources/leiningen/new/default/project.clj
index 8d098060..e6b9471e 100644
--- a/resources/leiningen/new/default/project.clj
+++ b/resources/leiningen/new/default/project.clj
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
   :url "http://example.com/FIXME"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
             :url "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.8.0"]]
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.9.0"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns {{namespace}}})