diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
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 # KBox
 KBox is a very small but useful utility library for Kotlin (JVM, Android and JS) providing functions which are missing
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 807a912..b445502 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption
 buildscript {
     // needs to be defined in here because otherwise tutteli-publish plugin does not have this information when applied
     // and we want that it to apply the ch.tutteli conventions
-    rootProject.version = "2.0.0"
+    rootProject.version = "2.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
     rootProject.group = "ch.tutteli.kbox"
     rootProject.description = "A utility library for Kotlin"
     extra.set("generationFolder", project.files("src/commonMain/generated/kotlin"))