diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 714b5e86..aa6a5d08 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ include( GetGitRevisionDescription )
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------
 # Also needs to be changed in scripts/BuildRelease.py
 set( BHL_REPO_VERSION_MAJOR 1 )
-set( BHL_REPO_VERSION_MINOR 9 )
-set( BHL_REPO_VERSION_PATCH 1 )
+set( BHL_REPO_VERSION_MINOR 10 )
+set( BHL_REPO_VERSION_PATCH 0 )
 set( BHL_REPO_VERSION_TAG "dev" )
 
 if( NOT BHL_VERSION_MAJOR )
diff --git a/scripts/BuildRelease.py b/scripts/BuildRelease.py
index 0b6c35bc..bb2d1012 100755
--- a/scripts/BuildRelease.py
+++ b/scripts/BuildRelease.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 # Also needs to be changed in CMakeLists.txt
-DEFAULT_VERSION = [1, 9, 1, 'dev', '']
+DEFAULT_VERSION = [1, 10, 0, 'dev', '']
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------