diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0bae0984a..5df2289d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ if(LibKScreen_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(okularcore ${LibKScreen_LIBRARY})
 endif(LibKScreen_FOUND)
 
-set_target_properties(okularcore PROPERTIES VERSION 5.0.0 SOVERSION 5 )
+set_target_properties(okularcore PROPERTIES VERSION 6.0.0 SOVERSION 6 )
 
 install(TARGETS okularcore ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} )
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ install( FILES part.rc part-viewermode.rc DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/okular
 
 ########### cmake files #################
 
-macro_write_basic_cmake_version_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/OkularConfigVersion.cmake 0 11 80)
+macro_write_basic_cmake_version_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/OkularConfigVersion.cmake 0 21 0)
 
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/OkularConfig.cmake
               ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/OkularConfigVersion.cmake
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 76e62394b..5a21f5f71 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-okular v0.20.97
+okular v0.21.0
diff --git a/core/version.h b/core/version.h
index 3b3bbc7b5..0947582b8 100644
--- a/core/version.h
+++ b/core/version.h
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 #ifndef _OKULAR_VERSION_H_
 #define _OKULAR_VERSION_H_
 
-#define OKULAR_VERSION_STRING "0.20.97"
+#define OKULAR_VERSION_STRING "0.21.0"
 #define OKULAR_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define OKULAR_VERSION_MINOR 20
-#define OKULAR_VERSION_RELEASE 97
+#define OKULAR_VERSION_MINOR 21
+#define OKULAR_VERSION_RELEASE 0
 #define OKULAR_MAKE_VERSION( a,b,c ) (((a) << 16) | ((b) << 8) | (c))
 
 #define OKULAR_VERSION \