diff --git a/rsl/version.py b/rsl/version.py
index aca205e..2e3b809 100644
--- a/rsl/version.py
+++ b/rsl/version.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 
 name = 'pyrsl'
-date = '2017-05-28'
-version = '0.7'
-release = '0.7.0b1' #  # ensure that this is the same as in setup.py
+date = '2017-11-19'
+version = '2.0'
+release = '2.0.0b1' #  # ensure that this is the same as in setup.py
 
 complete_string = '%s v%s (%s)' % (name, release, date)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c944836..e5b6be1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 
 opts = dict(name='pyrsl',
-            version='0.7.0b1', # ensure that this is the same as in rsl.version
+            version='2.0.0b1', # ensure that this is the same as in rsl.version
             description='Interpreter for the Rule Specification Language (RSL)',
             author='John Törnblom',
             author_email='john.tornblom@gmail.com',