diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7be727eb..a68e0a86 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name ="big-scape"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "release/2.0.0"
 description = "Biosynthetic Gene Similarity Clustering and Prospecting Engine"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }