diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 26a7f44bb1..c7a008fb81 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 dnl Don't forget to push a corresponding tag when updating any of _CLIENT_VERSION_* numbers
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 21)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 1)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 2)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2024)