diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index b24f089507a..fdd24557a53 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "description": "Experiment-independent toolkit for (charged) particle track reconstruction in (high energy) physics experiments implemented in modern C++ ",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
-  "title": "acts-project/acts: v20.3.0",
-  "version": "v20.3.0",
+  "title": "acts-project/acts: v21.0.0",
+  "version": "v21.0.0",
   "upload_type": "software",
   "creators": [
     {
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index c563f55c5a3..c49d0f5cf9b 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ authors:
   given-names: Rocky
   name-particle: Bala
 cff-version: 1.1.0
-date-released: '2022-10-11'
+date-released: '2022-11-03'
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5141419
 license: MPL-2.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata.
 repository-code: https://github.com/acts-project/acts
 title: A Common Tracking Software Project
-version: v20.3.0
+version: v21.0.0
diff --git a/version_number b/version_number
index 695100c785b..2ad7925f6fb 100644
--- a/version_number
+++ b/version_number
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
+21.0.0
\ No newline at end of file