diff --git a/cmake/set_libqi_dependency.cmake b/cmake/set_libqi_dependency.cmake
index bd32edc..31679dc 100644
--- a/cmake/set_libqi_dependency.cmake
+++ b/cmake/set_libqi_dependency.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-overridable_variable(LIBQI_VERSION 2.0.0)
+overridable_variable(LIBQI_VERSION 2.1.0)
 
 # Our github clone is sometimes late or is missing tags, so we enable
 # customisation of the URL at configuration time, so users can use another clone.