diff --git a/services/web/server/VERSION b/services/web/server/VERSION
index a758a09aae5..5c4503b7043 100644
--- a/services/web/server/VERSION
+++ b/services/web/server/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.48.0
+0.49.0
diff --git a/services/web/server/setup.cfg b/services/web/server/setup.cfg
index 0b6157ef959..0e40e2535ee 100644
--- a/services/web/server/setup.cfg
+++ b/services/web/server/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.48.0
+current_version = 0.49.0
 commit = True
 message = services/webserver api version: {current_version} → {new_version}
 tag = False
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/api/v0/openapi.yaml b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/api/v0/openapi.yaml
index 3970e685c99..90a22c4dcfb 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/api/v0/openapi.yaml
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/api/v0/openapi.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ openapi: 3.1.0
 info:
   title: simcore-service-webserver
   description: Main service with an interface (http-API & websockets) to the web front-end
-  version: 0.48.0
+  version: 0.49.0
 servers:
 - url: ''
   description: webserver