diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ce2e08c7cc..f6349a8c08 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rss"
-version = "1.10.0"
+version = "2.0.0"
 authors = ["James Hurst <jh.jameshurst@gmail.com>", "Corey Farwell <coreyf@rwell.org>", "Chris Palmer <pennstate5013@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Library for serializing the RSS web content syndication format"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-syndication/rss"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a7b023ccb6..a515a8af7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Add the dependency to your `Cargo.toml`.
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-rss = "1.0"
+rss = "2.0"
 ```
 
 ## Reading