diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 40a3037f5..550acb8cb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.0.8 (2013-MM-DD)
+2.1.0 (2013-MM-DD)
 ------------------
 
 New features
diff --git a/Version b/Version
index 0e91ea192..fbb92ef58 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # of the executable.
 
 MAJOR_VERSION=2
-MINOR_VERSION=0
-SUBMINOR_VERSION=8
+MINOR_VERSION=1
+SUBMINOR_VERSION=0