diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index e44c12727..db5ddaed7 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Changelog
 Starting with version 1.8.0, pybind11 releases use a `semantic versioning
 <http://semver.org>`_ policy.
 
-v2.0.0 (???)
+v2.0.0 (Jan 1, 2017)
 -----------------------------------------------------
 
 * Fixed a reference counting regression affecting types with custom metaclasses
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ v2.0.0 (???)
 * Quenched a CMake policy warning.
   `#570 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/570>`_.
 
-v2.0.0-rc1 (Dec 23)
+v2.0.0-rc1 (Dec 23, 2016)
 -----------------------------------------------------
 
 The pybind11 developers are excited to issue a release candidate of pybind11
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b77792dc1..201d01272 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ author = 'Wenzel Jakob'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '2.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.0.0-rc1'
+release = '2.0.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/include/pybind11/common.h b/include/pybind11/common.h
index bfc5f1333..fb66f50d9 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/common.h
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
 #  define PYBIND11_DEPRECATED(reason) __declspec(deprecated)
 #endif
 
-#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 9
-#define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH dev0
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MAJOR 2
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 0
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 /// Include Python header, disable linking to pythonX_d.lib on Windows in debug mode
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
diff --git a/pybind11/_version.py b/pybind11/_version.py
index bf6388f20..074f4174c 100644
--- a/pybind11/_version.py
+++ b/pybind11/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (2, 0, '0-rc1')
+version_info = (2, 0, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))