diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7401df275..72198ac30 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Geany-Plugins 2.1 (unreleased)
+
+
 Geany Plugins 2.0 (2023-10-19)
 
     General:
diff --git a/build/geany-plugins.nsi b/build/geany-plugins.nsi
index 1a27e6e75..cee98b3f2 100644
--- a/build/geany-plugins.nsi
+++ b/build/geany-plugins.nsi
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Unicode true
 ; helper defines  ;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 !define PRODUCT_NAME "Geany-Plugins"
-!define PRODUCT_VERSION "2.0"
-!define PRODUCT_VERSION_ID "2.0.0.0"
+!define PRODUCT_VERSION "2.1"
+!define PRODUCT_VERSION_ID "2.1.0.0"
 !define PRODUCT_PUBLISHER "The Geany developer team"
 !define PRODUCT_WEB_SITE "https://www.geany.org/"
 !define PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${PRODUCT_NAME}"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 80491f652..38fafcc95 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
 dnl Don't forget when updating version number to do GP_CHECK_GEANY also
-AC_INIT([geany-plugins], [2.0])
+AC_INIT([geany-plugins], [2.1])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.8 foreign dist-bzip2 tar-ustar subdir-objects])
 
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])