diff --git a/pylatexenc/version.py b/pylatexenc/version.py
index b6de22af..50cea8b4 100644
--- a/pylatexenc/version.py
+++ b/pylatexenc/version.py
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
 #
 
 
-version_str = "2.0.post1"
+version_str = "2.1"