diff --git a/toytree/__init__.py b/toytree/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/toytree/__init__.py
+++ b/toytree/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-__version__ = "1.2.0"
+__version__ = "2.0.0"
 __author__ = "Deren Eaton"
 
 from .Toytree import ToyTree as tree
version bump for upcoming v2