diff --git a/lib/galaxy/version.py b/lib/galaxy/version.py
index da4da0056ac..93b5057948d 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/version.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION_MAJOR = "20.09"
+VERSION_MAJOR = "21.01"
 VERSION_MINOR = "dev"
 VERSION = VERSION_MAJOR + ('.' + VERSION_MINOR if VERSION_MINOR else '')