diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 64fbc47a..eb5e6de5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ set (OUTPUT_NAME_TRANSFER "gfal_transfer")
 
 set (VERSION_MAJOR  2)
 set (VERSION_MINOR  21)
-set (VERSION_PATCH  4)
+set (VERSION_PATCH  5)
 set (VERSION_STRING ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH})
 
 add_definitions(-DVERSION="${VERSION_STRING}")
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/gfal2.spec b/packaging/rpm/gfal2.spec
index 58a61e66..314a4016 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/gfal2.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/gfal2.spec
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
 %bcond_with tests
 
 Name:               gfal2
-Version:            2.21.4
+Version:            2.21.5
 Release:            1%{?dist}
 Summary:            Grid file access library 2.0
 License:            ASL 2.0
 URL:                https://dmc-docs.web.cern.ch/dmc-docs/gfal2/gfal2.html
-# git clone --depth=1 --branch master https://gitlab.cern.ch/dmc/gfal2.git gfal2-2.21.4
-# pushd gfal2-2.21.4
-# git checkout v2.21.4
+# git clone --depth=1 --branch master https://gitlab.cern.ch/dmc/gfal2.git gfal2-2.21.5
+# pushd gfal2-2.21.5
+# git checkout v2.21.5
 # popd
-# tar czf gfal2-2.21.4.tar.gz --exclude-vcs gfal2-2.21.4
+# tar czf gfal2-2.21.5.tar.gz --exclude-vcs gfal2-2.21.5
 Source0:            %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 #main lib dependencies