diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ad4aaad038abff1993d84bba037b0e6aa5f3001a..66a29d9f7b25323f858fb277b5f3a782953bf3a9 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 4.9)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.10)
 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 4afaad1e91edb0d38836ffda5ea5b18f826e0a4b..f0b408804ea1444ad47530f46bc484855138c82e 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], 9)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 10)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])