diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index c42df2c57..d633d964c 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ authors:
     orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2962-1049'
   - given-names: Cameron
     family-names: Smith
+  - given-names: Amrapalli
+    family-names: Garanaik
+  - given-names: Divya
+    family-names: Jaganathan
 repository-code: 'https://github.com/MPAS-Dev/MPAS-Tools'
 url: 'https://mpas-dev.github.io/MPAS-Tools/master/'
-version: 2.0.0
-date-released: '2026-07-01'
+version: 2.1.0
+date-released: '2026-08-20'
diff --git a/conda_package/docs/authors.rst b/conda_package/docs/authors.rst
index 3bb818ec6..43c66c2d2 100644
--- a/conda_package/docs/authors.rst
+++ b/conda_package/docs/authors.rst
@@ -7,19 +7,30 @@ Main Authors
 
 Contributors
 ============
+* Carolyn Begeman
 * Riley X. Brady
 * Miles Curry
+* Althea Denlinger
+* Darren Engwirda
 * Amrapalli Garanaik
+* Alex Hager
+* Holly Han
 * Dom Heinzeller
 * Trevor Hillebrand
+* Divya Jaganathan
 * Joseph Kennedy
 * William Lipscomb
+* Andrew Nolan
 * Mark Petersen
 * Stephen Price
 * Todd Ringler
 * Juan Saenz
+* Courtney Shafer
+* William Skamarock
+* Cameron Smith
 * Adrian Turner
 * Luke Van Roekel
+* Maciej Waruszewski
 * Phillip J. Wolfram
 * Tong Zhang
 
diff --git a/conda_package/docs/releasing.rst b/conda_package/docs/releasing.rst
index 80a5be486..84885bfde 100644
--- a/conda_package/docs/releasing.rst
+++ b/conda_package/docs/releasing.rst
@@ -12,14 +12,26 @@ Version Bump and Dependency Updates
 
 1. **Update the Version Number**
 
-   - Open a pull request (PR) to update the version number in the following
-     two files:
+   - Run the helper script from the root of the repo:
+
+     ::
+
+         ./update_version.py -v 1.3.0
+
+     This updates the version in all three places that need it:
+
+     - ``CITATION.cff`` (both ``version`` and ``date-released``, which is set
+       to today's date)
      - ``conda_package/mpas_tools/__init__.py``
      - ``conda_package/recipe/recipe.yaml``
 
    - Make sure the version follows
      `semantic versioning <https://semver.org/>`_.
      For release candidates, use versions like ``1.3.0rc1`` (no ``v`` prefix).
+     The script only accepts ``X.Y.Z``, so update the files by hand for a
+     release candidate.
+
+   - Open a pull request (PR) with these changes.
 
 2. **Check and Update Dependencies**
 
diff --git a/conda_package/mpas_tools/__init__.py b/conda_package/mpas_tools/__init__.py
index 09b6d0b04..d4e5c7ff8 100644
--- a/conda_package/mpas_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/conda_package/mpas_tools/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version_info__ = (2, 0, 0)
+__version_info__ = (2, 1, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(str(vi) for vi in __version_info__)
diff --git a/conda_package/recipe/recipe.yaml b/conda_package/recipe/recipe.yaml
index 14d8453a5..3c15cf73d 100644
--- a/conda_package/recipe/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda_package/recipe/recipe.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ schema_version: 1
 
 context:
   name: mpas_tools
-  version: 2.0.0
+  version: 2.1.0
 
 package:
   name: ${{ name | lower }}
diff --git a/update_version.py b/update_version.py
index af4cd77af..a054ae957 100755
--- a/update_version.py
+++ b/update_version.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=(
-            "Bump version across files (CITATION.cff, __init__.py, meta.yaml)."
+            "Bump version across files (CITATION.cff, __init__.py, "
+            "recipe.yaml)."
         )
     )
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -54,7 +55,10 @@ def bump_citation(root: Path, version: str, today: str) -> bool:
 
     # version: 1.2.1  -> version: 1.2.2
     content_new = re.sub(
-        r"(?m)^(version:\s*)(.+)\s*$", rf"\g<1>{version}", content, count=1
+        r"(?m)^(version:[^\S\n]*)[^\n]*$",
+        rf"\g<1>{version}",
+        content,
+        count=1,
     )
     # date-released: '2025-06-12' -> date-released: 'YYYY-MM-DD'
     content_new = re.sub(
@@ -98,17 +102,17 @@ def bump_init(pkg_dir: Path, version_tuple) -> bool:
     return changed
 
 
-def bump_meta(recipe_dir: Path, version: str) -> bool:
-    path = recipe_dir / "meta.yaml"
+def bump_recipe(recipe_dir: Path, version: str) -> bool:
+    path = recipe_dir / "recipe.yaml"
     content = read_text(path)
     if content is None:
         print(f"Skip (not found): {path}")
         return False
 
-    # {% set version = "1.2.1" %} -> {% set version = "1.2.2" %}
+    # In the "context" block: version: 1.2.1 -> version: 1.2.2
     content_new = re.sub(
-        r'(?m)^\{\%\s*set\s+version\s*=\s*["\']([^"\']+)["\']\s*\%\}',
-        f'{{% set version = "{version}" %}}',
+        r'(?m)^(  version:[^\S\n]*)[^\n]*$',
+        rf"\g<1>{version}",
         content,
         count=1,
     )
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ def main():
     changed = []
     changed.append(bump_citation(repo_root, version, today))
     changed.append(bump_init(pkg_dir, version_tuple))
-    changed.append(bump_meta(recipe_dir, version))
+    changed.append(bump_recipe(recipe_dir, version))
 
     if not any(changed):
         print("No files modified.")