diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 3184d721..5a3b0a41 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9952,7 +9952,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added the lines from 'Fixed a timeout in cDvbDevice while tuning after the frontend
   has been reopened' to cDvbTuner::ProvidesFrontend() (suggested by Markus Ehrnsperger).
 
-2024-09-09:
+2024-09-09: Version 2.7.1
 
 - Removed deprecated function cDevice::SetCurrentChannel(const cChannel *Channel).
 - Removed deprecated function cSkinDisplayMenu::SetItemEvent(const cEvent *Event, int Index,
@@ -9980,3 +9980,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   immediately deleting the edited version, too (reported by Marko Mäkelä).
 - The '.update' file in the video directory is now created if it doesn't already exist.
 - Improved the error message when closing a frontend (thanks to Markus Ehrnsperger).
+- There will be no more distinction between "developer" and "stable" versions regarding
+  version numbering. Version numbers are simply counted upwards, with each of the three
+  parts ("version", "major", "minor") always being a single digit, and '0' being skipped.
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index f34b6e0c..fea673b3 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Installation of the Video Disk Recorder
 ---------------------------------------
 
-Version 2.6
+Version 2.7
 -----------
 
 Compiling and running the program:
diff --git a/MANUAL b/MANUAL
index 4c4eb9a2..9dca50ae 100644
--- a/MANUAL
+++ b/MANUAL
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Video Disk Recorder User's Manual
 ---------------------------------
 
-Version 2.6
+Version 2.7
 -----------
 
 * Remote Control Keys
diff --git a/PLUGINS.html b/PLUGINS.html
index 9bac2a91..bcbea750 100644
--- a/PLUGINS.html
+++ b/PLUGINS.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ modified {
 <div class="center">
 <h1>The VDR Plugin System</h1>
 
-<b>Version 2.6</b>
+<b>Version 2.7</b>
 <p>
 Copyright &copy; 2021 Klaus Schmidinger<br>
 <a href="mailto:vdr@tvdr.de">vdr@tvdr.de</a><br>
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index c6332683..4f692895 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: config.h 5.18 2024/07/15 09:07:09 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: config.h 5.19 2024/09/09 10:58:55 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 
 // VDR's own version number:
 
-#define VDRVERSION  "2.6.9"
-#define VDRVERSNUM   20609  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
+#define VDRVERSION  "2.7.1"
+#define VDRVERSNUM   20701  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
 
 // The plugin API's version number:
 
diff --git a/svdrpsend.1 b/svdrpsend.1
index 98e26b1d..2fff1204 100644
--- a/svdrpsend.1
+++ b/svdrpsend.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "svdrpsend" "1" "27 Dec 2021" "2.6" "Video Disk Recorder"
+.TH "svdrpsend" "1" "27 Dec 2021" "2.7" "Video Disk Recorder"
 .SH NAME
 .LP
 svdrpsend \- sends commands to VDR
diff --git a/vdr.1 b/vdr.1
index 2c0a68e9..22978085 100644
--- a/vdr.1
+++ b/vdr.1
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 .\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
 .\" vdr distribution.
 .\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.1 5.3 2024/09/01 20:43:40 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.1 5.4 2024/09/09 10:58:55 kls Exp $
 .\"
-.TH vdr 1 "27 Dec 2021" "2.6" "Video Disk Recorder"
+.TH vdr 1 "27 Dec 2021" "2.7" "Video Disk Recorder"
 .SH NAME
 vdr \- the Video Disk Recorder
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/vdr.5 b/vdr.5
index 5f056cd1..90ab93a9 100644
--- a/vdr.5
+++ b/vdr.5
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 .\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
 .\" vdr distribution.
 .\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.5 5.9 2023/12/25 20:53:04 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.5 5.10 2024/09/09 10:58:55 kls Exp $
 .\"
-.TH vdr 5 "27 Dec 2021" "2.6" "Video Disk Recorder Files"
+.TH vdr 5 "27 Dec 2021" "2.7" "Video Disk Recorder Files"
 .SH NAME
 vdr_files \- the Video Disk Recorder Files
 .SH DESCRIPTION