diff --git a/.version.BOW b/.version.BOW
index db7ab0c..6772a34 100644
--- a/.version.BOW
+++ b/.version.BOW
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.23-alpha
+0.24-alpha
diff --git a/credits.txt b/credits.txt
index 3a873a0..b4e7763 100644
--- a/credits.txt
+++ b/credits.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Welcome to Bane Of Wargs!
-version 0.23-alpha
+version 0.24-alpha
 
 The player's manual and other
 resources are available at:
diff --git a/source/main.py b/source/main.py
index e65c0de..0b67cee 100644
--- a/source/main.py
+++ b/source/main.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 program_dir = str(appdirs.user_config_dir(appname='Bane-Of-Wargs'))
 first_start = False
 if not os.path.exists(program_dir):
-    GAME_DATA_VERSION = 0.23
+    GAME_DATA_VERSION = 0.24
     os.mkdir(program_dir)
     # Open default config file and store the text into
     # a variable to write it into the user config file
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 logger_sys.log_message("INFO: Checking if game source code is up to date")
 global latest_version
 latest_version = None  # placeholder
-SOURCE_CODE_VERSION = 0.23
+SOURCE_CODE_VERSION = 0.24
 latest_main_class = io.StringIO(data_handling.temporary_git_file_download(
     'source/main.py', 'https://github.com/Dungeons-of-Kathallion/Bane-Of-Wargs.git'
 )).readlines()