diff --git a/META b/META
index abced52178a7..480849288719 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Meta:          1
 Name:          zfs
 Branch:        1.0
-Version:       2.0.0
+Version:       2.1.0
 Release:       rc1
 Release-Tags:  relext
 License:       CDDL
 Author:        OpenZFS
 Linux-Maximum: 5.11
 Linux-Minimum: 3.10