diff --git a/src/utils/version/version.h b/src/utils/version/version.h
index 6a3539922a437a788081b1651d0ccfcc006daa68..3a7c556137de9fc97e01f1a76f6f7049f3a4d0a3 100644
--- a/src/utils/version/version.h
+++ b/src/utils/version/version.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 // define the version.  All tools in the 
 // suite carry the same version number.
-#define VERSION "2.9.0"
+#define VERSION "2.10.0"
 
 #endif /* VERSION_H */