diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c623349f78..3b8d85e788 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ project(FreeCAD)
 
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "0")
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "21")
-set(PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "0") # number of patch release (e.g. "4" for the 0.18.4 release)
+set(PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "1") # number of patch release (e.g. "4" for the 0.18.4 release)
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX "") # either "dev" for development snapshot or "" (empty string)
 set(PACKAGE_BUILD_VERSION "0") # used when the same FreeCAD version will be re-released (for example using an updated LibPack)