diff --git a/prody/__init__.py b/prody/__init__.py
index b1e7cf542..6697e6644 100644
--- a/prody/__init__.py
+++ b/prody/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """ProDy is a package for Protein Dynamics, Sequence, and Structure Analysis"""
 
-__version__ = '2.0'
+__version__ = '2.0.1'
 __release__ = __version__ # + '-dev' # comment out '-dev' before a release
 
 import sys