diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index cd5ac039d67..879b416e609 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0
+2.1
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 39a28e0526d..2a576912068 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v2.0', meson_version : '>= 0.49', default_options : [ 'cpp_std=c++17', 'warning_level=2' ])
+project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v2.1', meson_version : '>= 0.49', default_options : [ 'cpp_std=c++17', 'warning_level=2' ])
 
 cpu_family = target_machine.cpu_family()
 platform   = target_machine.system()
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
index 7f73e6e47b5..fc1accc731f 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
     VkApplicationInfo appInfo = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO };
     appInfo.pApplicationName      = appName.c_str();
     appInfo.pEngineName           = "DXVK";
-    appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(2, 0, 0);
+    appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(2, 1, 0);
     appInfo.apiVersion            = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 3, 0);
     
     VkInstanceCreateInfo info = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO };