diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85563db..d76c28e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Changelog
 
-### master
+### Version 2.0.0.beta
 * Remove support for deprecated methods (#117)
 * Upgrade rspec from 2.6 to 3.5 (#118)
 * Remove support for ruby 1.8 (#119)
diff --git a/lib/librato/metrics/version.rb b/lib/librato/metrics/version.rb
index ddacec6..75bce6a 100644
--- a/lib/librato/metrics/version.rb
+++ b/lib/librato/metrics/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Librato
   module Metrics
-    VERSION = "1.6.1"
+    VERSION = "2.0.0.beta"
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end