diff --git a/ChangeLog.rst b/ChangeLog.rst
index 6e2aa792..9bb41081 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.rst
+++ b/ChangeLog.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ New in version 2.0.0
 * Properly batch Client.set_many() call. `PR#182 <https://github.com/pinterest/pymemcache/pull/182>`_
 * Improve _check_key() and _store_cmd() performance.  `PR#183 <https://github.com/pinterest/pymemcache/pull/183>`_
 * Properly batch Client.delete_many() call. `PR#184 <https://github.com/pinterest/pymemcache/pull/184>`_
+* Add option to explicitly set pickle version used by serde. `PR#190 <https://github.com/pinterest/pymemcache/pull/190>`_
 
 New in version 1.4.4
 --------------------
diff --git a/pymemcache/__init__.py b/pymemcache/__init__.py
index 1d1cde06..77fbd70b 100644
--- a/pymemcache/__init__.py
+++ b/pymemcache/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '1.4.4'
+__version__ = '2.0.0'
 __author__ = "Charles Gordon"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 823b4461..45c6bc95 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.4.4
+current_version = 2.0.0
 commit = False
 tag = True