diff --git a/include/libtorrent/version.hpp b/include/libtorrent/version.hpp
index 1cf0ca845ee..63dfa9d5de4 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/version.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/version.hpp
@@ -15,25 +15,25 @@ see LICENSE file.
 #include <cstdint>
 
 #define LIBTORRENT_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define LIBTORRENT_VERSION_MINOR 0
-#define LIBTORRENT_VERSION_TINY 7
+#define LIBTORRENT_VERSION_MINOR 1
+#define LIBTORRENT_VERSION_TINY 0
 
 // the format of this version is: MMmmtt
 // M = Major version, m = minor version, t = tiny version
 #define LIBTORRENT_VERSION_NUM ((LIBTORRENT_VERSION_MAJOR * 10000) + (LIBTORRENT_VERSION_MINOR * 100) + LIBTORRENT_VERSION_TINY)
 
-#define LIBTORRENT_VERSION "2.0.7.0"
+#define LIBTORRENT_VERSION "2.1.0.0"
 #define LIBTORRENT_REVISION "9cbecaa64"
 
 namespace libtorrent {
 
 	// the major, minor and tiny versions of libtorrent
 	constexpr int version_major = 2;
-	constexpr int version_minor = 0;
-	constexpr int version_tiny = 7;
+	constexpr int version_minor = 1;
+	constexpr int version_tiny = 0;
 
 	// the libtorrent version in string form
-	constexpr char const* version_str = "2.0.7.0";
+	constexpr char const* version_str = "2.1.0.0";
 
 	// the git commit of this libtorrent version
 	constexpr std::uint64_t version_revision = 0x9cbecaa64;