diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 53eb090a..5e0dc8e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Version 2.3.0 - March 3 2019
 - Better CMake compatibility #170
 - Add implicit cast operator to char and short types #179 #180
 
-Version ?
+Version 2.4.0 - August 25 2019
 - Update SQLite3 from 3.27.2 to 3.29.0 (2019-07-10)
 - #191 CMake Warning line 299
 - #190 Implement move constructors
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index baaa0cfb..c32724bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT License (MIT) (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt
 # or copy at http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12) # first version with add_compile_options()
-project(SQLiteCpp)
+if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.0)
+    project(SQLiteCpp)
+    set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
+    set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 4)
+    set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+    set(PROJECT_VERSION "2.4.0")
+else()
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
+    project(SQLiteCpp VERSION "2.4.0")
+endif()
 
 message (STATUS "CMake version: ${CMAKE_VERSION}")
 
diff --git a/include/SQLiteCpp/SQLiteCpp.h b/include/SQLiteCpp/SQLiteCpp.h
index a189840e..ea27e47f 100644
--- a/include/SQLiteCpp/SQLiteCpp.h
+++ b/include/SQLiteCpp/SQLiteCpp.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
  * The [SQLITECPP_VERSION_NUMBER] C preprocessor macro resolves to an integer
  * with the value (X*1000000 + Y*1000 + Z) where X, Y, and Z are the same
  * numbers used in [SQLITECPP_VERSION].
+ *
+ * WARNING: shall always be updated in sync with PROJECT_VERSION in CMakeLists.txt
  */
-#define SQLITECPP_VERSION           "2.03.00"   // 2.3.0
-#define SQLITECPP_VERSION_NUMBER     2003000    // 2.3.0
+#define SQLITECPP_VERSION           "2.04.00"   // 2.4.0
+#define SQLITECPP_VERSION_NUMBER     2004000    // 2.4.0