diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aeb1e16c..d6dbbc05 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ option(USE_UTF8PROC "Use libutf8proc for better Unicode support. Default OFF" OF
 
 # just change version for releases
 # keep this in sync with the version in pyqt/pyproject.toml
-set(QTERMWIDGET_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
-set(QTERMWIDGET_VERSION_MINOR "4")
+set(QTERMWIDGET_VERSION_MAJOR "2")
+set(QTERMWIDGET_VERSION_MINOR "0")
 set(QTERMWIDGET_VERSION_PATCH "0")
 
 set(QTERMWIDGET_VERSION "${QTERMWIDGET_VERSION_MAJOR}.${QTERMWIDGET_VERSION_MINOR}.${QTERMWIDGET_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/pyqt/pyproject.toml b/pyqt/pyproject.toml
index d55bc69f..b6200cf4 100644
--- a/pyqt/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyqt/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ build-backend = "sipbuild.api"
 
 [tool.sip.metadata]
 name = "QTermWidget"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "2.0.0"
 requires-dist = ["PyQt6"]