diff --git a/.expeditor/config.yml b/.expeditor/config.yml
index 9750036476..23796e94d2 100644
--- a/.expeditor/config.yml
+++ b/.expeditor/config.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ pipelines:
   - finish_release:
       description: Tasks to be performed after a release has been promoted to stable
 
+release_branches:
+  - main:
+      version_constraint: 2*
+  - v1.6:
+      version_constraint: 1*
+
 staging_areas:
   - release_staging:
       workload: pull_request_merged:{{github_repo}}:{{release_branch}}:*
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9362fab0a9..359a5b952d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.1242
\ No newline at end of file
+2.0.0
\ No newline at end of file