diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index be52d4a732e4f651995d3d063afa6dbbc702b5ef..ac1388b3c1583e571bfb4dbd3d2b59294fdf21f1 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "3.48.0",
+  "version": "3.49.0",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",
diff --git a/application/source/types/version.mjs b/application/source/types/version.mjs
index 55ea3d51193d1184a80289f05a2f55d9bf188a63..07005c7e5e0309948a10bfdb4b084463b048407e 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version("3.48.0");
+    monsterVersion = new Version("3.49.0");
 
     return monsterVersion;
 }
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index 9509f67e6d38a49cd42438811d0d2c8b553e0136..0a4c286ce9c1b8948815c08391c20bb783fa4276 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "3.48.0",
+  "version": "3.49.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index 3fa820977c25b90e24b1397457fa454d5abbad17..39f77bc41e883e5d8084cef087b07d01e192a98f 100644
--- a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
+++ b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don´t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version("3.48.0")
+        monsterVersion = new Version("3.49.0")
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();