diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c6a017..3451448 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies except for the C and C++ standard libraries.
 Here are the Kmercount options:
 
 ```
-Kmercount 0.0.1
+Kmercount 0.0.2
 
 Usage: kmercount [OPTIONS] KMERFILENAME [SEQUENCEFILENAME]
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ AAGAAATGAGAAGTAATCAGAAAACCACTTAAGG
 Output to terminal:
 
 ```
-Kmercount 0.0.1
+Kmercount 0.0.2
 
 Kmer file:         kmers.fasta
 Sequence file:     seq.fasta
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 09fffaa..510f5ce 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static_assert(INT_MAX > INT16_MAX, "Your compiler uses very short integers.");
 
 /* constants */
 
-const std::string program_version {"0.0.1"};
+const std::string program_version {"0.0.2"};
 constexpr char dash_filename {'-'};