diff --git a/src/inscriptis/metadata.py b/src/inscriptis/metadata.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/inscriptis/metadata.py
+++ b/src/inscriptis/metadata.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ __author__ = 'Albert Weichselbraun, Fabian Odoni'
 __author_email__ = 'albert.weichselbraun@fhgr.ch, fabian.odoni@fhgr.ch'
 __copyright__ = '2016-2021 Albert Weichselbraun, Fabian Odoni'
 __license__ = 'Apache 2.0'
-__version__ = '2.0rc2'
+__version__ = '2.0.0'
fix: bumped version number. (#<I>)