diff --git a/include/slow5/slow5_defs.h b/include/slow5/slow5_defs.h
index c2d63665..727e710e 100644
--- a/include/slow5/slow5_defs.h
+++ b/include/slow5/slow5_defs.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 // library version
-#define SLOW5_LIB_VERSION "0.1.0-dirty"
+#define SLOW5_LIB_VERSION "0.2.0"
 
 // maximum file version supported by this library - independent of slow5 library version above
 // if updating change all 4 below
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d4eeb197..981b074b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 #TODO ad all
 setup(name = 'pyslow5',
-      version='0.1.0',
+      version='0.2.0',
 	  python_requires='>=3.4.3',
       url = 'https://github.com/hasindu2008/slow5lib',
       # requires=['numpy (>=1.3.0)'],