diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index c8402e9d3..f79802212 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.2.1-dev
+current_version = 0.2.1
 commit = True
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(?:-(?P<release>[0-9A-Za-z-]+(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?(?:\+(?P<build>[0-9A-Za-z-]+(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2031c4d00..6df124ff4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Configuring setup()
 [metadata]
 name = bioregistry
-version = 0.2.1-dev
+version = 0.2.1
 description = Integrated registry of biological databases and nomenclatures
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
diff --git a/src/bioregistry/version.py b/src/bioregistry/version.py
index 305ffbd42..792fa944d 100644
--- a/src/bioregistry/version.py
+++ b/src/bioregistry/version.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     'get_git_hash',
 ]
 
-VERSION = '0.2.1-dev'
+VERSION = '0.2.1'
 
 
 def get_git_hash() -> Optional[str]: