diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ca3a51d19..ded8e8413 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ project(EDM4HEP LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 # project version
 SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MAJOR 0 )
-SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR 9 )
-SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH 99 )
+SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR 10 )
+SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH 0 )
 
 SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION  "${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MAJOR}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH}" )