diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9fff55d178419fa7925b4560f982c6648dd9c9c0..4c8dc145afa96058ee7eb902c4386a110aba6a2f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include(FindPkgConfig)
 include(cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake)
 
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 1.9)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 2.0)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
 set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 23a317b77bf89acb8f096a0a3b1b36c9350b5b39..501f617af4004d84bcf695b1ff54f3e1125b427b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 2)
-m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 1)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 9)
+m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 2)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 0)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])