diff --git a/beets/__init__.py b/beets/__init__.py
index 16f51f85d..9cd5d4f9b 100644
--- a/beets/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from sys import stderr
 
 import confuse
 
-__version__ = "2.0.0"
+__version__ = "2.1.0"
 __author__ = "Adrian Sampson <adrian@radbox.org>"
 
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index ccf13930a..9642fd06c 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ Changelog goes here! Please add your entry to the bottom of one of the lists bel
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+New features:
+Bug fixes:
+For packagers:
+Other changes:
+
+2.1.0 (November 22, 2024)
+-------------------------
+
 New features:
 
 * New template function added: ``%capitalize``. Converts the first letter of
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 1404b2bb2..e50254468 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ master_doc = "index"
 project = "beets"
 copyright = "2016, Adrian Sampson"
 
-version = "2.0"
-release = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1"
+release = "2.1.0"
 
 pygments_style = "sphinx"
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f5066ba8a..736e8c14d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "beets"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.0"
 description = "music tagger and library organizer"
 authors = ["Adrian Sampson <adrian@radbox.org>"]
 maintainers = ["Serene-Arc"]