diff --git a/Rubberduck.Core/Rubberduck.Core.csproj b/Rubberduck.Core/Rubberduck.Core.csproj
index 0c4207946b..f359e50d00 100644
--- a/Rubberduck.Core/Rubberduck.Core.csproj
+++ b/Rubberduck.Core/Rubberduck.Core.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <DisabledWarnings>$(DisabledWarnings);1591</DisabledWarnings>
     <ApplicationIcon>Ducky.ico</ApplicationIcon>
     <!-- Give a fixed version to not blow XAML generated code to smithereens -->
-    <AssemblyVersion>2.3.1</AssemblyVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>2.4.0</AssemblyVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="..\RubberduckBaseProject.csproj" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'DebugAccess|AnyCPU'">
diff --git a/RubberduckBaseProject.csproj b/RubberduckBaseProject.csproj
index 78a298fccc..cc68b48266 100644
--- a/RubberduckBaseProject.csproj
+++ b/RubberduckBaseProject.csproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <!-- Ignore MSB4011 warning, rationale above -->
     <!-- Ignore VisualStudio whining about the CodeAnalysis assembly changing (IDE1001) -->
     <DisabledWarnings>$(DisabledWarnings);4011;1001</DisabledWarnings>
-    <Version Condition=" '$(Version)' == ''">2.3.1</Version>
+    <Version Condition=" '$(Version)' == ''">2.4.0</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(AssemblyVersion)' == '' ">
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
      This assembly version specification is considered nonstandard.
      As such builds that do not override the assembly version generate a warning, which we ignore.
     -->
-    <AssemblyVersion>2.3.1.*</AssemblyVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>2.4.0.*</AssemblyVersion>
     <!-- Ignore CSharp compiler warning for nonstandard assembly version (CS7035) -->
     <!-- Ignore Linker warning for nonstandard assembly version (AL1053) -->
     <DisabledWarnings>$(DisabledWarnings);7035;1053</DisabledWarnings>
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 22018416ac..5d5a647179 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: '2.3.1.{build}'
+version: '2.4.0.{build}'
 
 # add nuget api to hosts file, making sure we can actually nuget restore for the build
 hosts: