diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 340e4422d..7ae494a54 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.0.1
+current_version = 2.1.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/.copyright.tmpl b/.copyright.tmpl
index 97bbded05..42e66d7a5 100644
--- a/.copyright.tmpl
+++ b/.copyright.tmpl
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Copyright 2022 Ocean Protocol Foundation
+Copyright 2023 Ocean Protocol Foundation
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/ocean_lib/__init__.py b/ocean_lib/__init__.py
index 390adab2f..dc6221461 100644
--- a/ocean_lib/__init__.py
+++ b/ocean_lib/__init__.py
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 
 __author__ = """OceanProtocol"""
 # fmt: off
-__version__ = '2.0.1'
+__version__ = '2.1.0'
 # fmt: on
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fa4f73900..cdc8cc697 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     url="https://github.com/oceanprotocol/ocean.py",
     # fmt: off
     # bumpversion.sh needs single-quotes
-    version='2.0.1',
+    version='2.1.0',
     # fmt: on
     zip_safe=False,
 )