diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ca094a6ef4..6f6727380de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 2.0.0-1 currently under development
+HDF5 version 2.0.0-2 currently under development
 
 > [!WARNING]
 > **Heads Up: HDF5 Dropped Autotools March 10th**
diff --git a/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5config.cmake b/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5config.cmake
index a691bb9f4bd..4f2d10daf6f 100644
--- a/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5config.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5config.cmake
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.26)
 ##############################################################################
 
 set (CTEST_SOURCE_VERSION "2.0.0")
-set (CTEST_SOURCE_VERSEXT "-1")
+set (CTEST_SOURCE_VERSEXT "-2")
 
 ##############################################################################
 # handle input parameters to script.
diff --git a/config/examples/HDF5AsSubdirMacros.cmake b/config/examples/HDF5AsSubdirMacros.cmake
index f38450c9125..fc1df46de49 100644
--- a/config/examples/HDF5AsSubdirMacros.cmake
+++ b/config/examples/HDF5AsSubdirMacros.cmake
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # the add_subdirectory command..
 macro (EXTERNAL_HDF5_LIBRARY compress_type)
   set (HDF5_VERSION "2.0.0")
-  set (HDF5_VERSEXT "-1")
+  set (HDF5_VERSEXT "-2")
   set (HDF5_VERSION_MAJOR "2.0")
   set (HDF5LIB_TGZ_NAME "hdf5.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "Use HDF5LIB from compressed file" FORCE)
   set (HDF5LIB_TGZ_ORIGPATH "https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/releases/download/snapshot" CACHE STRING "Use HDF5LIB from original location" FORCE)
diff --git a/release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt b/release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt
index d1f8aa8239c..5d3046584ef 100644
--- a/release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt
+++ b/release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 2.0.0-1 currently under development
+HDF5 version 2.0.0-2 currently under development
 
 Features included for the next major release:
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 0b37a0463f0..2a9f76d24c0 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 2.0.0-1 currently under development
+HDF5 version 2.0.0-2 currently under development
 ================================================================================
 
 
diff --git a/src/H5public.h b/src/H5public.h
index dfd286d5a49..a4bb69695a2 100644
--- a/src/H5public.h
+++ b/src/H5public.h
@@ -87,15 +87,15 @@
 /**
  * For pre-releases like \c snap0. Empty string for official releases.
  */
-#define H5_VERS_SUBRELEASE "1"
+#define H5_VERS_SUBRELEASE "2"
 /**
  * Short version string
  */
-#define H5_VERS_STR "2.0.0-1"
+#define H5_VERS_STR "2.0.0-2"
 /**
  * Full version string
  */
-#define H5_VERS_INFO "HDF5 library version: 2.0.0-1"
+#define H5_VERS_INFO "HDF5 library version: 2.0.0-2"
 
 #define H5check() H5check_version(H5_VERS_MAJOR, H5_VERS_MINOR, H5_VERS_RELEASE)