diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5dce087..ec9a18d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 dnl General Public License for more details.
 
-AC_INIT([abismal], [0.1.2], [andrewds@usc.edu],
+AC_INIT([abismal], [0.2.0], [andrewds@usc.edu],
         [abismal], [https://github.com/smithlabcode/abismal])
 
 dnl the config.h is not currently #included in the source, and only
diff --git a/src/abismal.cpp b/src/abismal.cpp
index 5818b3c..94a75b7 100644
--- a/src/abismal.cpp
+++ b/src/abismal.cpp
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ select_max_candidates(const uint32_t genome_size,
 int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
 
   try {
-    static const string ABISMAL_VERSION = "0.1.2";
+    static const string ABISMAL_VERSION = "0.2.0";
     string index_file;
     string outfile;
     string stats_outfile = "";