diff --git a/legal-api/src/legal_api/version.py b/legal-api/src/legal_api/version.py
index 907c5eec1e..b4ca289141 100644
--- a/legal-api/src/legal_api/version.py
+++ b/legal-api/src/legal_api/version.py
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 Development release segment: .devN
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.98.0'  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+__version__ = '2.99.0'  # pylint: disable=invalid-name