diff --git a/mkosi/config.py b/mkosi/config.py
index d3c243a27..0883ea3c5 100644
--- a/mkosi/config.py
+++ b/mkosi/config.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 )
 from mkosi.versioncomp import GenericVersion
 
-__version__ = "20.2"
+__version__ = "21"
 
 ConfigParseCallback = Callable[[Optional[str], Optional[Any]], Any]
 ConfigMatchCallback = Callable[[str, Any], bool]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0e8f2bdbf..98e19abfe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "mkosi"
 authors = [
     {name = "mkosi contributors", email = "systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org"},
 ]
-version = "20.2"
+version = "21"
 description = "Build Bespoke OS Images"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"