diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ae8049a..3226897 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: "Version to release, for example 2.0.0"
+        description: "Version to release, for example 2.1.0"
         required: true
         type: string
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e386a1d..479b4d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cheetah-string"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.0"
 authors = ["mxsm <mxsm@apache.org>"]
 edition = "2021"
 homepage = "https://github.com/mxsm/cheetah-string"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b330154..f086ba2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-cheetah-string = "2.0.0"
+cheetah-string = "2.1.0"
 ```
 
 ### Optional Features
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-cheetah-string = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["bytes", "serde", "simd"] }
+cheetah-string = { version = "2.1.0", features = ["bytes", "serde", "simd"] }
 ```
 
 Available features:
diff --git a/bench-results/README.md b/bench-results/README.md
index aba363c..010a8d3 100644
--- a/bench-results/README.md
+++ b/bench-results/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Minimum metadata for generated JSON artifacts:
 ```json
 {
   "crate": "cheetah-string",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "profile": "release",
   "target": "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
   "rustc": "rustc 1.xx.x",
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.lock b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
index 2cdeb67..e1a16ad 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ checksum = "9330f8b2ff13f34540b44e946ef35111825727b38d33286ef986142615121801"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cheetah-string"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index eed2fe3..8071a47 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 //! To enable SIMD acceleration:
 //! ```toml
 //! [dependencies]
-//! cheetah-string = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["simd"] }  
+//! cheetah-string = { version = "2.1.0", features = ["simd"] }
 //! ```
 //!
 //! # Examples