diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 101da24277be1351fcef481e2529fca1ed3f7cc6..c353b3049fd6e7da95042504dd5f797136cd8cba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 * Removed slide out panel for conversation overview
 * Add ability to change status message
 * Highlight irregular unicode code blocks in Jabber IDs
+* Conversations now requires Android 4.4+
 
 ### Version 1.23.8
 * bug fixes
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4f34ce3c26c995737de6ab8b19b6fe7b1cf6fbe6..8712e5d03ae9526fadcce08b4cb391d1bc7a3767 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ android {
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 19
         targetSdkVersion 25
-        versionCode 260
-        versionName "2.0.0-rc.1"
+        versionCode 261
+        versionName "2.0.0"
         archivesBaseName += "-$versionName"
         applicationId "eu.siacs.conversations"
         resValue "string", "applicationId", applicationId