diff --git a/include/cxxopts.hpp b/include/cxxopts.hpp
index 184de72..2f2fa35 100644
--- a/include/cxxopts.hpp
+++ b/include/cxxopts.hpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace cxxopts
 {
   static constexpr struct {
     uint8_t major, minor, patch;
-  } version = {2, 0, 0};
+  } version = {2, 1, 0};
 }
 
 //when we ask cxxopts to use Unicode, help strings are processed using ICU,