diff --git a/.bumpversion.toml b/.bumpversion.toml
index 3ab4c40..c06f6ac 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "3.20.6"
+current_version = "3.21.0"
 commit = true
 
 [[tool.bumpversion.files]]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac59a11..982b785 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [![CLA assistant](https://cla-assistant.io/readme/badge/ibm/python-sdk-core)](https://cla-assistant.io/ibm/python-sdk-core)
 [![semantic-release](https://img.shields.io/badge/%20%20%F0%9F%93%A6%F0%9F%9A%80-semantic--release-e10079.svg)](https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release)
 
-# IBM Python SDK Core Version 3.20.6
+# IBM Python SDK Core Version 3.21.0
 This project contains core functionality required by Python code generated by the IBM Cloud OpenAPI SDK Generator
 (openapi-sdkgen).
 
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ When running your application, you should see output like this if debug logging
 ```
 2024-09-16 15:44:45,174 [ibm-cloud-sdk-core:DEBUG] Get authenticator from environment, key=global_search
 2024-09-16 15:44:45,175 [ibm-cloud-sdk-core:DEBUG] Set service URL: https://api.global-search-tagging.cloud.ibm.com
-2024-09-16 15:44:45,175 [ibm-cloud-sdk-core:DEBUG] Set User-Agent: ibm-python-sdk-core-3.20.6 os.name=Linux os.version=6.10.9-100.fc39.x86_64 python.version=3.12.5
+2024-09-16 15:44:45,175 [ibm-cloud-sdk-core:DEBUG] Set User-Agent: ibm-python-sdk-core-3.21.0 os.name=Linux os.version=6.10.9-100.fc39.x86_64 python.version=3.12.5
 2024-09-16 15:44:45,181 [ibm-cloud-sdk-core:DEBUG] Configuring BaseService instance with service name: global_search
 2024-09-16 15:44:45,181 [ibm-cloud-sdk-core:DEBUG] Performing synchronous token fetch
 2024-09-16 15:44:45,182 [ibm-cloud-sdk-core:DEBUG] Invoking IAM get_token operation: https://iam.cloud.ibm.com/identity/token
 2024-09-16 15:44:45,182 [urllib3.connectionpool:DEBUG] Starting new HTTPS connection (1): iam.cloud.ibm.com:443
-send: b'POST /identity/token HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: iam.cloud.ibm.com\r\nUser-Agent: ibm-python-sdk-core/iam-authenticator-3.20.6 os.name=Linux os.version=6.10.9-100.fc39.x86_64 python.version=3.12.5\r\nAccept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\nAccept: application/json\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\nContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\nContent-Length: 135\r\n\r\n'
+send: b'POST /identity/token HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: iam.cloud.ibm.com\r\nUser-Agent: ibm-python-sdk-core/iam-authenticator-3.21.0 os.name=Linux os.version=6.10.9-100.fc39.x86_64 python.version=3.12.5\r\nAccept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\nAccept: application/json\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\nContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\nContent-Length: 135\r\n\r\n'
 send: b'grant_type=urn%3Aibm%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Agrant-type%3Aapikey&apikey=[redacted]&response_type=cloud_iam'
 reply: 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n'
 header: Content-Type: application/json
diff --git a/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/version.py b/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/version.py
index b4d2b9d..64b38b0 100644
--- a/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/version.py
+++ b/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '3.20.6'
+__version__ = '3.21.0'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d14dc58..2215bcc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "ibm-cloud-sdk-core"
-version = "3.20.6"
+version = "3.21.0"
 authors = [
     { name="IBM", email="devxsdk@us.ibm.com" }
 ]