diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 727eb32c92f..095a79f8b61 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.9.2
+current_version = 2.9.3
 files = setup.py src/scancode_config.py
 commit = False
 tag = False
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c44d58ce3f..cb493d1451f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages
 from setuptools import setup
 
-version = '2.9.2'
+version = '2.9.3'
 
 #### Small hack to force using a plain version number if the option
 #### --plain-version is passed to setup.py
diff --git a/src/scancode_config.py b/src/scancode_config.py
index 393489be638..8392ab7536e 100644
--- a/src/scancode_config.py
+++ b/src/scancode_config.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def _create_dir(location):
     __version__ = get_distribution('scancode-toolkit').version
 except DistributionNotFound:
     # package is not installed ??
-    __version__ = '2.9.2'
+    __version__ = '2.9.3'
 
 system_temp_dir = tempfile.gettempdir()
 scancode_src_dir = dirname(__file__)