diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d740d62a..65f0961d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 User visible changes for UPX
 ==================================================================
 
+Changes in 2.00 (XX XXX 2006):
+
 Changes in 1.95 beta (09 Apr 2006):
   * arm/pe: added DLL support
   * arm/pe: added thumb mode stub support
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index e79ce36c..97cdeab0 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#define UPX_VERSION_HEX         0x019500        /* 01.95.00 */
-#define UPX_VERSION_STRING      "1.95 beta"
-#define UPX_VERSION_STRING4     "1.95"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE        "Apr 9th 2006"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO    "2006-04-09"
+#define UPX_VERSION_HEX         0x020000        /* 02.00.00 */
+#define UPX_VERSION_STRING      "2.00"
+#define UPX_VERSION_STRING4     "2.00"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE        "Apr 10th 2006"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO    "2006-04-10"
 #define UPX_VERSION_YEAR        "2006"