diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3ebe6539..a32c113f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+24/1/20 started 8.10.0
+
 20/6/19 started 8.9.1
 - don't use the new source loaders for new_from_file or new_from_buffer, it
   will break the loader priority system
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 43d0c85a..322eebac 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # also update the version number in the m4 macros below
 
-AC_INIT([vips], [8.9.1], [vipsip@jiscmail.ac.uk])
+AC_INIT([vips], [8.10.0], [vipsip@jiscmail.ac.uk])
 # required for gobject-introspection
 AC_PREREQ(2.62)
 
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
 # user-visible library versioning
 m4_define([vips_major_version], [8])
-m4_define([vips_minor_version], [9])
-m4_define([vips_micro_version], [1])
+m4_define([vips_minor_version], [10])
+m4_define([vips_micro_version], [0])
 m4_define([vips_version],
           [vips_major_version.vips_minor_version.vips_micro_version])
 
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index b8e2bb9e..669b8ded 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ bin_SCRIPTS = \
 	batch_rubber_sheet \
 	batch_crop \
 	vipsprofile \
-	vips-8.9
+	vips-8.10
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	vipsprofile \
diff --git a/tools/vips-8.9 b/tools/vips-8.10
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/vips-8.9
rename to tools/vips-8.10