diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ef2d4afa27cfcf378840ee3a5f4b64323616b42..9d110f46c374095f551c442da74374f889ff786b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.6)
 project (opendht)
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 2.0)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 2.1)
 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 e6cf9275f5bddd367cc2121ff3a1a29c3dae283f..6c7eff6e0511db8460cfc1878b8daa0232a34c22 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 1)
 m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 2)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 0)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 1)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])