diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f7c5628390..cd197a453e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ author = 'The Zulip Team'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.0'
+version = '2.0+git'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.0.0'
+release = '2.0.0+git'
 
 # This allows us to insert a warning that appears only on an unreleased
 # version, e.g. to say that something is likely to have changed.
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 0cf9583be2..2e39fd89a8 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ZULIP_VERSION = "2.0.0"
+ZULIP_VERSION = "2.0.0+git"
 LATEST_MAJOR_VERSION = "2.0"
 LATEST_RELEASE_VERSION = "2.0.0"
 LATEST_RELEASE_ANNOUNCEMENT = "https://blog.zulip.org/2019/03/01/zulip-2-0-released/"