diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index bca583e1b..35682912f 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.3",
+  "version": "2.4",
   "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
     "^refs/heads/master$", // we release out of master
     "^refs/heads/rel/v\\d+\\.\\d+" // we also release branches starting with rel/vN.N