diff --git a/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt b/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
index 4ab86286a4c873c443e6d7217bed8221504a6344..6d286018eb778627a46fe52e30ae99c39f8af984 100644
--- a/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.98
+AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.99
diff --git a/Projects/AthAnalysis/externals.txt b/Projects/AthAnalysis/externals.txt
index e2beee0fb77f8af78895100554775f9fd62da32c..853a3a1c301df853fd8eeb97191ab223472e1868 100644
--- a/Projects/AthAnalysis/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthAnalysis/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthAnalysisExternalsVersion = 2.0.98
+AthAnalysisExternalsVersion = 2.0.99
diff --git a/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt b/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
index cda639bcf23b5189f79f67c575af0fe177ca1f16..2148b1faee409a59d26d47095c1d5967349dbbb9 100644
--- a/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # an "origin/" prefix before it. For tags however this is explicitly
 # forbidden.
 
-AtlasExternalsVersion = 2.0.98
+AtlasExternalsVersion = 2.0.99
diff --git a/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt b/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt
index 75165c57f1c4a255410c01216a24134393317df2..c28f86a0080c7d8b450701b24f51d9f605af42af 100644
--- a/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthGenerationExternalsVersion = 2.0.98
+AthGenerationExternalsVersion = 2.0.99
diff --git a/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt b/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
index 4e633f7e80f17e9daf83d7ef8decc1fe2164db4c..6476791b24af1a0eb908dce8e653c16adda1ebcd 100644
--- a/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthSimulationExternalsVersion = 2.0.98
+AthSimulationExternalsVersion = 2.0.99
diff --git a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
index 912bd895d6b771d5219e3b312817e02aaa92f6c0..80d094679070c0449ead62d631f069979abb6234 100644
--- a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthenaExternalsVersion = 2.0.98
+AthenaExternalsVersion = 2.0.99
diff --git a/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt b/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
index 3173d028e919b466a40fe38787dfb6ab1fda02fc..f09c144528bed5b83a54efc5d560714f41da7b62 100644
--- a/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-VP1LightExternalsVersion = 2.0.98
+VP1LightExternalsVersion = 2.0.99