diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bfb8f7f7..b5dfafb0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ DOM, XOM, dom4j, and JDOM. It is also possible to write
 adapters that treat non-XML trees such as compiled Java byte code
 or Java beans as XML, thus enabling you to query these trees with XPath too.
 
-The current version is *1.2.0*. This release requires Java 1.4 or later.
+The current version is *2.0.0*. This release requires Java 1.5 or later.
+If you're still using Java 1.4 or earlier, try Jaxen 1.2.0. 
 If you're still using Java 1.3 or earlier, try Jaxen 1.1.6. 
 
 ## Adding Jaxen to your build
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ Jaxen's Maven group ID is `jaxen` and its artifact ID is `jaxen`. To add a depen
 <dependency>
   <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
   <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.0</version>
+  <version>2.0.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -29,9 +30,6 @@ To add a dependency using Gradle:
 
 ```gradle
 dependencies {
-  compile 'jaxen:jaxen:1.2.0'
+  compile 'jaxen:jaxen:2.0.0'
 }
 ```
-
-Jaxen was one of the earliest adopters of Maven, before a lot of practices had gelled. Consequently there are cycles in its dependency tree. Cleaning this up will be a major focus of Jaxen 2.0. 
-
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index ca67ee56..b0050322 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
     <artifactId>jaxen-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-beta-1</version>
+    <version>2.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 72e512ae..ed8eb7e5 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
     <artifactId>jaxen-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-beta-1</version>
+    <version>2.0.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jaxen-integration</artifactId>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
       <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.0-beta-1</version>
+      <version>2.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c3a2e87..f41397bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <artifactId>jaxen-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Jaxen</name>
-  <version>2.0.0-beta-1</version>
+  <version>2.0.0</version>
   <description>Jaxen is a universal XPath 1.0 engine for Java.</description>
   <url>http://www.cafeconleche.org/jaxen</url>
   <licenses>