diff --git a/DLLVersion.rc b/DLLVersion.rc
index 5f0dd0591..9c2920005 100644
--- a/DLLVersion.rc
+++ b/DLLVersion.rc
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 #include "winres.h"
 
-#define POCO_VERSION 1,7,0,0
-#define POCO_VERSION_STR "1.7.0"
+#define POCO_VERSION 2,0,0,0
+#define POCO_VERSION_STR "2.0.0"
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
  FILEVERSION POCO_VERSION
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "FileDescription", "This file is part of the POCO C++ Libraries."
             VALUE "FileVersion", POCO_VERSION_STR
             VALUE "InternalName", "POCO"
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2004-2015, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH and Contributors."
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2004-2016, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH and Contributors."
             VALUE "ProductName", "POCO C++ Libraries - http://pocoproject.org"
             VALUE "ProductVersion", POCO_VERSION_STR
         END
diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/Version.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/Version.h
index cf2ae97a5..609b0e540 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/Version.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/Version.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 //      Ax: alpha releases
 //      Bx: beta releases
 //
-#define POCO_VERSION 0x01070000
+#define POCO_VERSION 0x02000000
 
 
 #endif // Foundation_Version_INCLUDED
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bd8bf882d..227cea215 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0
+2.0.0
diff --git a/libversion b/libversion
index 425151f3a..abdfb053e 100644
--- a/libversion
+++ b/libversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-40
+60