diff --git a/new_version.py b/new_version.py
index 59f2e4e49d..a261c99add 100755
--- a/new_version.py
+++ b/new_version.py
@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@
 
 # Maintainer Inputs ###########################################################
 
-print(
-    """Hi there, this is an openPMD maintainer tool to update the source
+print("""Hi there, this is an openPMD maintainer tool to update the source
 code of openPMD-api to a new version.
 For it to work, you need write access on the source directory and
 you should be working in a clean git branch without ongoing
-rebase/merge/conflict resolves and without unstaged changes."""
-)
+rebase/merge/conflict resolves and without unstaged changes.""")
 
 # check source dir
 # REPO_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.absolute()
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@
 
 VERSION_STR = f"{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{PATCH}"
 VERSION_STR_SUFFIX = VERSION_STR + (f"-{SUFFIX}" if SUFFIX else "")
+VERSION_STR_SUFFIX_WITH_DOT = VERSION_STR + (f".{SUFFIX}" if SUFFIX else "")
 
 print()
 print(f"Your new version is: {VERSION_STR_SUFFIX}")
@@ -51,20 +50,41 @@
     for line in f:
         match = re.search(r"find_package.*openPMD *([^ ]*) *CONFIG\).*", line)
         if match:
-            OLD_VERSION_STR = match.group(1)
+            OLD_VERSION_STR_README = match.group(1)
+            break
+
+with open(str(REPO_DIR.joinpath("CMakeLists.txt")), encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    for line in f:
+        match = re.search(r"project\(openPMD *VERSION *(.*)\)", line)
+        if match:
+            OLD_VERSION_STR_CMAKE = match.group(1)
             break
 
+OLD_VERSION_TAG = ""
+with open(str(REPO_DIR.joinpath("include/openPMD/version.hpp")),
+          encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    for line in f:
+        match = re.search(r'#define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_LABEL "([^"]+)"', line)
+        if match:
+            OLD_VERSION_TAG = match.group(1)
+            break
+
+OLD_VERSION_SUFFIX = f"(-{OLD_VERSION_TAG})?" if OLD_VERSION_TAG else ""
+# The order of the alternatives is important, since the Regex parser
+# should greedily include the old version suffix
+OLD_VERSION_STR = \
+    f"({re.escape(OLD_VERSION_STR_CMAKE)}{OLD_VERSION_SUFFIX})" + \
+    f"|({re.escape(OLD_VERSION_STR_README)})"
+
 print(f"The old version is: {OLD_VERSION_STR}")
 print()
 
-
 REPLY = input("Is this information correct? Will now start updating! [y/N] ")
 print()
 if REPLY not in ["Y", "y", ""]:
     print("You did not confirm with 'y', aborting.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
-
 # Ask for new #################################################################
 
 print("""We will now run a few sed commands on your source directory.\n""")
@@ -86,18 +106,56 @@
     f.write(cmakelists_content)
 
 
-def generic_replace(filename):
+def generic_replace(filename, previous, after):
     filename = str(REPO_DIR.joinpath(filename))
     with open(filename, encoding="utf-8") as f:
         content = f.read()
-        content = re.sub(re.escape(OLD_VERSION_STR), VERSION_STR, content)
+        content = re.sub(previous, after, content, flags=re.MULTILINE)
 
     with open(filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         f.write(content)
 
 
-for file in ["docs/source/dev/linking.rst", "README.md"]:
-    generic_replace(file)
+for file in [
+        "docs/source/dev/linking.rst",
+        "README.md",
+]:
+    generic_replace(file, previous=OLD_VERSION_STR, after=VERSION_STR)
+
+for file in ["CITATION.cff", "test/SerialIOTest.cpp"]:
+    generic_replace(file, previous=OLD_VERSION_STR, after=VERSION_STR_SUFFIX)
+
+generic_replace(
+    "docs/source/index.rst",
+    previous=r"``0.13.1-[^`]*``",
+    after=f"``0.13.1-{VERSION_STR}``",
+)
+setup_py_path = str(REPO_DIR.joinpath("setup.py"))
+with open(setup_py_path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    for line in f:
+        match = re.search(r"version='([^']+)',", line)
+        if match:
+            PREVIOUS_PIP_VERSION = match.group(1)
+            break
+generic_replace("setup.py",
+                previous=PREVIOUS_PIP_VERSION,
+                after=VERSION_STR_SUFFIX_WITH_DOT)
+generic_replace(
+    ".github/workflows/windows.yml",
+    previous=f"{PREVIOUS_PIP_VERSION}0?",
+    after=(f"{VERSION_STR_SUFFIX_WITH_DOT}0"
+           if SUFFIX else VERSION_STR_SUFFIX_WITH_DOT),
+)
+generic_replace(
+    "docs/source/conf.py",
+    previous=r"^version.*=.*",
+    after=f"version = u'{VERSION_STR}'",
+)
+generic_replace(
+    "docs/source/conf.py",
+    previous=r"^release.*=.*",
+    after=f"release = u'{VERSION_STR_SUFFIX}'",
+)
 
 version_hpp_path = str(REPO_DIR.joinpath("include/openPMD/version.hpp"))
 with open(version_hpp_path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
@@ -122,8 +180,6 @@ def replace(key, value):
 
 # Epilogue ####################################################################
 
-print(
-    """Done. Please check your source, e.g. via
+print("""Done. Please check your source, e.g. via
   git diff
-now and commit the changes if no errors occurred."""
-)
+now and commit the changes if no errors occurred.""")