diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 63eaf56..7aa4214 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.48.3
+current_version = 0.49.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 21bc2bf..f998efd 100755
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: mbtools
 Title: Provides helper functions for microbiome preprocessing and analysis
-Version: 0.48.3
+Version: 0.49.0
 Authors@R: c(person("Christian", "Diener", email = "mail@cdiener.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
              person("Osbaldo", "Resendis-Antonio", email = "resendis@inmegen.gob.mx", role = "ctb"),
              person("Sean", "Gibbons", email = "sgibbons@systemsbiology.org", role = c("ldr", "cph")))