diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 52402b2..a7130a9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Changes
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
-2.0.0 (2024-12-XX)
+2.0.0 (2024-12-13)
 ------------------
 
 - Implement ``.shutdown(immediate=False)`` for both sync and async APIs #720
diff --git a/janus/__init__.py b/janus/__init__.py
index bc1d7b4..80a5bf7 100644
--- a/janus/__init__.py
+++ b/janus/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ShutDown(Exception):
     SyncQueueShutDown = ShutDown
 
 
-__version__ = "1.2.0"
+__version__ = "2.0.0"
 __all__ = (
     "Queue",
     "PriorityQueue",