diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 156ad3f8d31bc443734e4ffd5ed2748f6ff1dd99..1aa5c52816832c998b63a046ebaae7042f740be8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ include(FindPkgConfig)
 include(cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake)
 
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.6)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.7)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
 set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1d9a5a5597b5ed3ca1cd4023ef9960fe1305c548..efabc9d75fefb3c0f76c4cfa253bcdcaa59e6cb7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 2)
 m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 4)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 6)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 7)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])