diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a45e459..76320221 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
-project(tinyxml2 VERSION 9.0.0)
+project(tinyxml2 VERSION 10.0.0)
 
 include(CTest)
 option(tinyxml2_BUILD_TESTING "Build tests for tinyxml2" "${BUILD_TESTING}")
diff --git a/dox b/dox
index 99921de0..2d23d73d 100644
--- a/dox
+++ b/dox
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "TinyXML-2"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER = 9.0.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 10.0.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 91f228ba..b8b41fea 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 project(
     'tinyxml2',
     ['cpp'],
-    version : '9.0.0',
+    version : '10.0.0',
     meson_version : '>= 0.49.0',
 )
 
diff --git a/tinyxml2.h b/tinyxml2.h
index bab582c3..7586f7b8 100755
--- a/tinyxml2.h
+++ b/tinyxml2.h
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ distribution.
 #endif
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-/*
-   TODO: intern strings instead of allocation.
-*/
 /*
 	gcc:
         g++ -Wall -DTINYXML2_DEBUG tinyxml2.cpp xmltest.cpp -o gccxmltest.exe
@@ -99,11 +96,11 @@ distribution.
 /* Versioning, past 1.0.14:
 	http://semver.org/
 */
-static const int TIXML2_MAJOR_VERSION = 9;
+static const int TIXML2_MAJOR_VERSION = 10;
 static const int TIXML2_MINOR_VERSION = 0;
 static const int TIXML2_PATCH_VERSION = 0;
 
-#define TINYXML2_MAJOR_VERSION 9
+#define TINYXML2_MAJOR_VERSION 10
 #define TINYXML2_MINOR_VERSION 0
 #define TINYXML2_PATCH_VERSION 0