diff --git a/include/alpaka/version.hpp b/include/alpaka/version.hpp
index 9ea2db770b6..c81c86f8fef 100644
--- a/include/alpaka/version.hpp
+++ b/include/alpaka/version.hpp
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 #include <boost/predef/version_number.h>
 
-#define ALPAKA_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define ALPAKA_VERSION_MINOR 2
+#define ALPAKA_VERSION_MAJOR 2
+#define ALPAKA_VERSION_MINOR 0
 #define ALPAKA_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 //! The alpaka library version number