diff --git a/python/triton/__init__.py b/python/triton/__init__.py
index 4b8c54703..c079880e9 100644
--- a/python/triton/__init__.py
+++ b/python/triton/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # version
-__version__ = '1.1.1'
+__version__ = '2.0.0'
 
 # TODO: torch needs to be imported first
 # or pybind11 shows `munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer`