diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 314a0a6bf2aa12dde6415e16e4d60425c47f2a99..17e5e16022cc8ca80828857b5ca45737a32fa378 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "mpsd_software_manager"
 authors = [{name = "SSU-Computational Science (Fangohr et al)", email = "ssu-cs@mpsd.mpg.de"}]
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 classifiers = ["License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License"]
-version = "2023.12.18"
+version = "2024.01.04"
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e90a8574d0d8b6911a7b59a842b95a27f5d96007..ecb277dae3fc8dc5e7f54a3a8c4fc95a69f9f66e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 [metadata]
 name = mpsd_software_manager
-version = 2023.12.18
+version = 2024.01.04
 author = SSU-Computational Science (Fangohr et al)
 author_email = ssu-cs@mpsd.mpg.de
 long_description = file: README.rst