diff --git a/test/gloo/install.sh b/test/gloo/install.sh
index 01f6ec5e..3f8b2faf 100755
--- a/test/gloo/install.sh
+++ b/test/gloo/install.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -o errexit
 
-GLOO_VER="1.8.9"
+GLOO_VER="1.9.0-rc2"
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
 mkdir -p ${REPO_ROOT}/bin