diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d2b246c6..40638063 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ name = "Removals"
 showcontent = true
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.2.0"
+current_version = "0.2.1"
 parse = """
     (?P<major>\\d+)
     \\.(?P<minor>\\d+)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 74e17e15..fe301c42 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if not readthedocs_is_building:
 setup(
     name="libp2p",
     # *IMPORTANT*: Don't manually change the version here. Use `make bump`, as described in readme
-    version="0.2.0",
+    version="0.2.1",
     description="""libp2p: The Python implementation of the libp2p networking stack""",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",