diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 395219f3..fa19ea7e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # PrivateBin version history
 
+## 2.0.1 (not yet released)
+
 ## 2.0.0 (2025-07-28)
 * ADDED: Error logging in database and filesystem backend (#1554)
 * ADDED: Statistics on v1 pastes in administration script and option to delete them
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ebd00769..ff0f25ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .PHONY: all coverage coverage-js coverage-php doc doc-js doc-php increment sign test test-js test-php help
 
 CURRENT_VERSION = 2.0.0
-VERSION ?= 2.0.0
+VERSION ?= 2.0.1
 VERSION_FILES = README.md SECURITY.md doc/Installation.md js/package*.json lib/Controller.php Makefile
 REGEX_CURRENT_VERSION := $(shell echo $(CURRENT_VERSION) | sed "s/\./\\\./g")
 REGEX_VERSION := $(shell echo $(VERSION) | sed "s/\./\\\./g")