diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c3aba1b..0f63365 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 # set version of the project
 set(LIBYANG_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 set(LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION 1)
-set(LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION 126)
+set(LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION 127)
 set(LIBYANG_VERSION ${LIBYANG_MAJOR_VERSION}.${LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION}.${LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION})
 # set version of the library
 set(LIBYANG_MAJOR_SOVERSION 2)