diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd39cfb50..da2f97978 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Breeze is a library for numerical processing. It aims to be generic, clean, and
 
 This is the 2.x branch. The 1.x branch is `1.x`.
 
-The latest release is 2.0, which is cross-built against Scala 3.0, 2.12, and 2.13.
+The latest release is 2.0.1-RC1, which is cross-built against Scala 3.0, 2.12, and 2.13.
 
 ## Documentation
 
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ For SBT, add these lines to your SBT project definition:
 ```scala
 libraryDependencies  ++= Seq(
   // Last stable release
-  "org.scalanlp" %% "breeze" % "1.2",
+  "org.scalanlp" %% "breeze" % "2.0.1-RC1",
   
   // The visualization library is distributed separately as well.
   // It depends on LGPL code
-  "org.scalanlp" %% "breeze-viz" % "1.2"
+  "org.scalanlp" %% "breeze-viz" % "2.0.1-RC1"
 )
 
 
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ Maven looks like this:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.scalanlp</groupId>
   <artifactId>breeze_2.13</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2</version>
+  <version>2.0.1-RC1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 ### Other build tools
-[http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.scalanlp/breeze_2.12/1.2] (as an example) is a great resource for finding other configuration examples for other build tools.
+[http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.scalanlp/breeze_2.12/2.0.1-RC1] (as an example) is a great resource for finding other configuration examples for other build tools.
 
 See documentation (linked above!) for more information on using Breeze.
 
diff --git a/version.sbt b/version.sbt
index f0df5721d..8a116b99a 100644
--- a/version.sbt
+++ b/version.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-git.baseVersion := "2.0"
+git.baseVersion := "2.0.1-RC1"
 
 // append -SNAPSHOT unless we're on a branch
 //git.gitUncommittedChanges := git.gitCurrentTags.value.isEmpty
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ git.baseVersion := "2.0"
 
 val VersionRegex = "v([0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+)-?(.*)?".r
 
-version in ThisBuild := "2.0"
+version in ThisBuild := "2.0.1-RC1"
 
 /*
 git.gitTagToVersionNumber := {