diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 68067312..592622b3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12.4)
 
 project(argparse
-        VERSION 2.3.0 
+        VERSION 2.4.0 
         DESCRIPTION "A single header argument parser for C++17"
         HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/p-ranav/argparse"
         LANGUAGES CXX
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b23cda50..c8a359b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <a href="https://github.com/p-ranav/argparse/blob/master/LICENSE">
     <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg" alt="license"/>
   </a>
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-2.3-blue.svg?cacheSeconds=2592000" alt="version"/>
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-2.4-blue.svg?cacheSeconds=2592000" alt="version"/>
 </p>
 
 ## Highlights