diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index 3b08c709011d366c6e3cb30081a99854be8c5cd3..327b18b1fefca4b0b3481c8856ef5e5d1f6e37c1 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "2.0.3",
+  "version": "2.0.4",
   "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 025f3e26159b3a49e717385e27cefefde7173aa8..530780f69243c3e68b0defe344907c293250ae7d 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
     
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version('2.0.3')
+    monsterVersion = new Version('2.0.4')
 
     return monsterVersion;
 
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index 9ada28824323204cd860c3bc30d7b6a7afba1965..533ddf3c1d97fb9e0f8a5ab75f92e4779c8d65b5 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "2.0.3",
+  "version": "2.0.4",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index 2fe5f8e9c1c31c5d3cb3563f38da615b011f901b..50833bf6e6760f662ec0fee5fb36bf7f93cd35d5 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('2.0.3')
+        monsterVersion = new Version('2.0.4')
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();
 
diff --git a/release.json b/release.json
index 0754addd7675f44a08fa90f751f4442fb2fdfc54..ab7757e8e96e4d1845cad8b041861fd77fb0378a 100644
--- a/release.json
+++ b/release.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"2.0.3"}
+{"version":"2.0.4"}