diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index ec217f18..3c846060 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.0.0 (Unreleased)
+2.0.0 (2019-09-02)
 ------------------
 
 New Features
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bcbe931f..f9bd5663 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 builtins._ASTROPY_PACKAGE_NAME_ = PACKAGENAME
 
 # VERSION should be PEP386 compatible (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0386)
-VERSION = '2.0.dev'
+VERSION = '2.0.0'
 
 # Indicates if this version is a release version
 RELEASE = 'dev' not in VERSION