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 e755e385ba420b5b4a6a523eb5df49e5847e371d..4abe001fc9cf787afc7a1bb3cc27ce001540b4f3 100644
--- a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package:
   name: refscrub
-  version: 2023.2.0.1
+  version: 2024.2.0.1
 
 source:
   path: ../
diff --git a/refscrub/__init__.py b/refscrub/__init__.py
index a34e5f191dfa48072fcb63df9e80539b2d01387d..2049d798f1f418df46802a76baef05c62d957400 100644
--- a/refscrub/__init__.py
+++ b/refscrub/__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/refscrub/refscrub.py b/refscrub/refscrub.py
index 14bfbf273d6e8b5b02ce1e96cd34f01609deb5e2..f9638bad5f46e91a15847e45a619c1243c940242 100644
--- a/refscrub/refscrub.py
+++ b/refscrub/refscrub.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import struct
 import sys
 from os.path import basename, getsize, isfile
 
-PROG_VERSION = '2023.2.0.1'
+PROG_VERSION = '2024.2.0.1'
 VERBOSE = False
 EXTRACT = False
 SUMMARY_FILE = 'scrubsum.txt'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2d5295fdcaccc729fba7d587c32fb7c4ee2f15e9..ad992807e421180c0abb6c5656d85d511012765b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ setup(
     name='refscrub',
     packages=find_packages(include=['refscrub']),
     url='https://git.passcal.nmt.edu/software_public/passoft/refscrub',
-    version='2023.2.0.1',
+    version='2024.2.0.1',
     zip_safe=False,
 )