diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index cd5ac039..879b416e 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0
+2.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7da7f453..69f685be 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def setup_packages():
 
     # compute which libraries were built
     metadata = dict(name="Hecuba",
-                    version="2.0",
+                    version="2.1",
                     package_dir={'hecuba': 'hecuba_py/hecuba', 'storage': 'storageAPI/storage'},
                     packages=['hecuba', 'storage'],  # find_packages(),
                     install_requires=['cassandra-driver>=3.7.1', 'numpy>=1.16'],