diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 9f204759f..72b7ed8c1 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.13",
+  "version": "2.14",
   "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
     "^refs/heads/main$", // we release out of main
     "^refs/heads/rel/v\\d+\\.\\d+" // we also release branches starting with rel/vN.N