diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 724c9130d..2bd63435d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR )
 find_package( ecbuild 3.7 REQUIRED HINTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../ecbuild)
 
 # Initialise project
-project( eccodes VERSION 2.28.0 LANGUAGES C )
+project( eccodes VERSION 2.29.0 LANGUAGES C )
 
 ###############################################################################
 # system checks needed for eccodes_config.h and some options like MEMFS