diff --git a/pytools/version.py b/pytools/version.py
index 6de4af737adc522191549590d79dfa245b2d8e4e..e4c47bc9ed6a54934f00ad2e03256e2fa19c60f7 100644
--- a/pytools/version.py
+++ b/pytools/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (2020, 4, 5)
+VERSION = (2021, 1)
 VERSION_STATUS = ""
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS