diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 77e47aff2c24929612e5ee57ae29da34a5215efb..8f030e9f635a7c32ed29ec93cbc7f2f93974c0ba 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dev =
 	%(docs)s
 	%(test)s
 	%(io)s
-	bumpversion==1.0.0  # for incrementing the version
+	bump2version  # for incrementing the version
 	twine  # for publishing
 	sphinx  # for documentation
 	pre-commit  # https://pre-commit.com/ for hook managment