diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index c03cb6f08b5..9ca8761aa8b 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
     $version = 2007101000;  // YYYYMMDD = date
                             //       XY = increments within a single day
 
-    $release = '1.9 Beta 2';   // Human-friendly version name
+    $release = '2.0 dev';   // Human-friendly version name
 
 ?>