diff --git a/lib/pug-ruby/version.rb b/lib/pug-ruby/version.rb
index fa85357..e1c8208 100644
--- a/lib/pug-ruby/version.rb
+++ b/lib/pug-ruby/version.rb
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 #
 # Keeps the "pug-ruby" gem version.
 #
-PUG_RUBY_GEM_VERSION = "2.0.0"
+PUG_RUBY_GEM_VERSION = "2.0.0.rc1"