diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index 97f9b9d6..bdf2fb23 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.9.2'
 
   s.name              = 'jekyll'
-  s.version           = '1.4.3'
+  s.version           = '2.0.0.alpha.1'
   s.license           = 'MIT'
-  s.date              = '2014-01-13'
+  s.date              = '2014-02-13'
   s.rubyforge_project = 'jekyll'
 
   s.summary     = "A simple, blog aware, static site generator."
diff --git a/lib/jekyll.rb b/lib/jekyll.rb
index 50bc31b1..c4cbc8a0 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ require 'jekyll-coffeescript'
 SafeYAML::OPTIONS[:suppress_warnings] = true
 
 module Jekyll
-  VERSION = '1.4.3'
+  VERSION = '2.0.0.alpha.1'
 
   # Public: Generate a Jekyll configuration Hash by merging the default
   # options with anything in _config.yml, and adding the given options on top.