diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b203eeb3556f86c995c1d030d5111dd3a49e0bc..4ab96e3f65580cedc024520c162e9839a387852e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ include (GNUInstallDirs)
 include (cmake/ACTSCompilerOptions.cmake)
 
 # set the current version of ACTS
-set (ACTS_VERSION 0.02.00)
+set (ACTS_VERSION 0.02.01)
 
 # convert the version into a plain number to be used in the version header file
 string (REPLACE "." "" ACTS_VERSION_NUMBER ${ACTS_VERSION})