diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a5c70ffa8..910937c29 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pydantic-core"
-version = "2.20.1"
+version = "2.21.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "base64",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e55158e8f..742c85f35 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pydantic-core"
-version = "2.20.1"
+version = "2.21.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 homepage = "https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-core"