diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 68d26c9b918cc33c9eca3eb339238104af89c56b..727379245b0c835ca3b1a0eae977bfb81b6c8161 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2 FATAL_ERROR)
-project(NPDet VERSION 0.3.0
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8 FATAL_ERROR)
+project(NPDet 
+  VERSION 0.3.2
   LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 option(BUILD_DATA_MODEL "build the dd4pod datamodel" ON)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d15723fbe8de36b1c3ae302c77d8095459ea88e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.3.2