diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index c9f1abea5..f347a0cd0 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.8.0
+current_version = 2.0.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
 
 [bumpversion:file:scrapy/VERSION]
-
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index 27f9cd322..227cea215 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.0
+2.0.0