diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 715697a800961bb16104af9697cd17de936b2134..52f34798a2729c6f3e371005b9f9e78ce8e53b91 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ include(FindPkgConfig)
 include(cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake)
 
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 3.3)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 3.4)
 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 46d2e82f5aa4324032523ef5b9310bb793f4bf1a..5e0c39ca874e0c5d442e328f070caa77ef3a02f4 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], 3)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 3)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 4)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])