diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index 4273462492ea112756e2c5ccb00b9d82cf15b5bb..26b6e364004980260f07d4eb9e727f4288d4964f 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "2.0.16",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "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 eaab78f6b82d76074175ef91ef8edab3008bd3d6..1b9f6fbc27cef341d7f31d19dc15a193a7aa29b3 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version('2.0.16')
+    monsterVersion = new Version('2.1.0')
 
     return monsterVersion;
 
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index d7d6c88b6b0ff3e51dfab0411162e4b3064a9b36..4ea9cacb6bfd5431ccd0d4dfeffaedacf65f7ee0 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "2.0.16",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index 6710269ae5138641465b4a5f41dc7fcfcee7903c..bb4b1b6db7a6bc2eeec22135011c666b7b0b9fc4 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('2.0.16')
+        monsterVersion = new Version('2.1.0')
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();