diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7d09ee3a6..20f0a6601 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.3-2011MMDD (1.3.9)
+2.0-2011MMDD (2.0.0beta - branched from upcoming v1.3.9)
 ---------------------
 New Features
  - new user defaults SOGoDefaultCalendar to specify which calendar is used when
diff --git a/Version b/Version
index 6098e70aa..09503ebca 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 # This file is included by library makefiles to set the version information
 # of the executable.
 
-MAJOR_VERSION=1
-MINOR_VERSION=3
-SUBMINOR_VERSION=8
+MAJOR_VERSION=2
+MINOR_VERSION=0
+SUBMINOR_VERSION=0