diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e7dbab0..c51297f8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW) # enable new "MSVC runtime library selection" (https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY.html)
 
 project(libCZI 
-      VERSION 0.62.0
+      VERSION 0.62.1
       HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi"
       DESCRIPTION "libCZI is an Open Source Cross-Platform C++ library to read and write CZI")
 
diff --git a/Src/libCZI/Doc/version-history.markdown b/Src/libCZI/Doc/version-history.markdown
index 5c4c9e8f..3b5f38ce 100644
--- a/Src/libCZI/Doc/version-history.markdown
+++ b/Src/libCZI/Doc/version-history.markdown
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ version history                 {#version_history}
  0.61.0             | [109](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/109)      | fix behaviour of `IXmlNodeRead::GetChildNodeReadonly` (for non-existing nodes), new method `ICziWriter::GetStatistics` added
  0.61.1             | [110](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/110)      | some code cleanup
  0.61.2             | [111](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/111)      | update libcurl to 8.9.1 (for build with `LIBCZI_BUILD_PREFER_EXTERNALPACKAGE_LIBCURL=OFF`), enable SChannel (on Windows) by default
- 0.62.0             | [112](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/112)      | add Azure-SDK based reader for reading from Azure Blob Storage, raise requirement to C++14 for building libCZI (previously C++11 was sufficient) because Azure-SDK requires C++14
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+ 0.62.0             | [112](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/112)      | add Azure-SDK based reader for reading from Azure Blob Storage, raise requirement to C++14 for building libCZI (previously C++11 was sufficient) because Azure-SDK requires C++14
+ 0.62.1             | [114](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/114)      | improve build system fixing issues with msys2 and mingw-w64, cosmetic changes
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