diff --git a/win32/config.h b/win32/config.h
index 7aeeef88..4b2d00de 100644
--- a/win32/config.h
+++ b/win32/config.h
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 #undef TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "0.61"
+#define VERSION "2.0.0rc1"
 
 /* Define to 1 if your processor stores words with the most significant byte
    first (like Motorola and SPARC, unlike Intel and VAX). */