diff --git a/contrib/release/release.sh b/contrib/release/release.sh
index a8e3c9aa..195c612b 100755
--- a/contrib/release/release.sh
+++ b/contrib/release/release.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 set -ex
 
-VERSION="${VERSION:-"1.0"}"
+VERSION="${VERSION:-"2.0"}"
 LIANA_PREFIX="liana-$VERSION"
 LINUX_DIR_NAME="$LIANA_PREFIX-x86_64-linux-gnu"
 LINUX_ARCHIVE="$LINUX_DIR_NAME.tar.gz"