diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ce82d507..7b5ebde0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [metadata]
 name=benchcab
 summary= Software to run a benchmarking suite for CABLE LSM
-version=1.0
+version=2.0.0
 description=To benchmark CABLE simulations
 url=https://github.com/CABLE-LSM/benchcab
 license=Apache 2.0