diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f61ca3b8cad7c2ff89f3129f223dff5d827da74b..e4106db19d27f2e916d866239a5c7b33c3cdb746 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -105,3 +105,6 @@ ENV/
 .idea/
 
 .DS_Store
+
+# vscode
+.vscode/
diff --git a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
index 800e8327314f140bb19698e145afe06911e785d9..d568607b18579fc6b47a810b1f9d0a783329e469 100644
--- a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
   name: lopt
-  version: 2023.2.0.1
+  version: 2024.2.0.1
 
 source:
   path: ../
diff --git a/lopt/__init__.py b/lopt/__init__.py
index 0be31723f4507c21529486d3663995a09c73431a..4ed520f711d9f43f06a066dda0924985ab539856 100644
--- a/lopt/__init__.py
+++ b/lopt/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 __author__ = """IRIS PASSCAL"""
 __email__ = 'software-support@passcal.nmt.edu'
-__version__ = '2023.2.0.1'
+__version__ = '2024.2.0.1'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 826ad7eabaf05d4af818578f2533d6f050fbdf2a..d31b091bc60cf70396c0caedf74b78822526d909 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ setup(
     name='lopt',
     packages=find_packages(include=['lopt']),
     url='https://git.passcal.nmt.edu/software_public/passoft/lopt',
-    version='2023.2.0.1',
+    version='2024.2.0.1',
     zip_safe=False,
 )