diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4f1ccf13e9f..695423cde2e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="datasets",
-    version="2.20.1.dev0",  # expected format is one of x.y.z.dev0, or x.y.z.rc1 or x.y.z (no to dashes, yes to dots)
+    version="2.21.0",  # expected format is one of x.y.z.dev0, or x.y.z.rc1 or x.y.z (no to dashes, yes to dots)
     description="HuggingFace community-driven open-source library of datasets",
     long_description=open("README.md", encoding="utf-8").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/src/datasets/__init__.py b/src/datasets/__init__.py
index 1465dec96cd..6d7f2af26ec 100644
--- a/src/datasets/__init__.py
+++ b/src/datasets/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.20.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "2.21.0"
 
 from .arrow_dataset import Dataset
 from .arrow_reader import ReadInstruction