diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d35dbf22..000000000
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.4.0
-commit = True
-message = Release v{new_version}
-tag = True
-sign_tags = True
-tag_name = v{new_version}
-
-[bumpversion:file:qutebrowser/__init__.py]
-parse = __version__ = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)
-
-[bumpversion:file:misc/org.qutebrowser.qutebrowser.appdata.xml]
-search = <!-- Add new releases here -->
-replace = <!-- Add new releases here -->
-	<release version="{new_version}" date="{now:%Y-%m-%d}"/>
-
-[bumpversion:file:doc/changelog.asciidoc]
-search = (unreleased)
-replace = ({now:%Y-%m-%d})
diff --git a/.bumpversion.toml b/.bumpversion.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0f49b328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[tool.bumpversion]
+current_version = "3.4.0"
+commit = true
+message = "Release v{new_version}"
+tag = true
+sign_tags = true
+tag_name = "v{new_version}"
+parse = "(?P<major>\\d+)\\.(?P<minor>\\d+)\\.(?P<patch>\\d+)"
+serialize = ["{major}.{minor}.{patch}"]
+allow_dirty = true
+
+[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
+filename = "qutebrowser/__init__.py"
+
+[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
+filename = "misc/org.qutebrowser.qutebrowser.appdata.xml"
+search = "<!-- Add new releases here -->"
+replace = """<!-- Add new releases here -->
+<release version='{new_version}' date='{now:%Y-%m-%d}'/>"""
+
+[[tool.bumpversion.files]]
+filename = "doc/changelog.asciidoc"
+search = "(unreleased)"
+replace = "({now:%Y-%m-%d})"
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-dev.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
index a3b72647f..bab5191b9 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 autocommand==2.2.2
 backports.tarfile==1.2.0
 build==1.2.2.post1
-bump2version==1.0.1
+bump-my-version==0.30.1
 certifi==2024.12.14
 cffi==1.17.1
 charset-normalizer==3.4.1
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-dev.txt-raw b/misc/requirements/requirements-dev.txt-raw
index 8bf0d9772..0db7cb3f4 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-dev.txt-raw
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-dev.txt-raw
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 hunter
 pympler
 github3.py
-bump2version
+bump-my-version
 requests
 pyqt-builder
 build
diff --git a/scripts/dev/changelog_urls.json b/scripts/dev/changelog_urls.json
index d0db6403e..174d8ef2d 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/changelog_urls.json
+++ b/scripts/dev/changelog_urls.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   "pyinstaller-hooks-contrib": "https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller-hooks-contrib/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst",
   "pytest-benchmark": "https://pytest-benchmark.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changelog.html",
   "docutils": "https://docutils.sourceforge.io/RELEASE-NOTES.html",
-  "bump2version": "https://github.com/c4urself/bump2version/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md",
+  "bump-my-version": "https://github.com/callowayproject/bump-my-version/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md",
   "six": "https://github.com/benjaminp/six/blob/master/CHANGES",
   "altgraph": "https://github.com/ronaldoussoren/altgraph/blob/master/doc/changelog.rst",
   "urllib3": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/blob/main/CHANGES.rst",
diff --git a/scripts/dev/update_version.py b/scripts/dev/update_version.py
index b0f48710e..fa242617f 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/update_version.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/update_version.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 
-"""Update version numbers using bump2version."""
+"""Update version numbers using bump-my-version."""
 
 import re
 import sys
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def bump_version(version_leap="patch"):
         version_leap: define the jump between versions
         ("major", "minor", "patch")
     """
-    subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-m', 'bumpversion', version_leap],
+    subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-m', 'bumpversion', 'bump', version_leap],
                    check=True)