diff --git a/data/__init__.py b/data/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/htsinfer/__init__.py b/htsinfer/__init__.py
index b78728c9..6263a7b1 100644
--- a/htsinfer/__init__.py
+++ b/htsinfer/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 from htsinfer.htsinfer import HtsInfer  # noqa:F401
 
-__version__ = "0.9.0"
+__version__ = "0.10.0"