diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f468b608..2dfab79b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 2.0.1 / not released yet
+## 2.0.1 / 2018-02-12
 
 * Repair nested namespaces, by avoiding prefix duplication #1322. Fixes #1310 by Kunpei Sakai
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 227cea21..28a79e2a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.0
+2.0.1.rc1