diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b20983f3..eb0c5227 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Release 2.0-rc1-r213 (27 July 2017)
------------------------------------
+Release 2.0rc1-r232 (30 July 2017)
+----------------------------------
 
 This release improves the accuracy of long-read alignment and added several
 minor features.
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ minor features.
    mapping accuracy for reads simulated with pbsim.
 
 This release completes features intended for v2.0. No major features will be
-added to the master branch before v2.0.
+added to the master branch before the final v2.0.
 
-(2.0-rc1: 27 July 2017, r213)
+(2.0rc1: 30 July 2017, r232)
 
 
 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index f74b6069..3199a7f9 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "minimap.h"
 #include "mmpriv.h"
 
-#define MM_VERSION "2.0-r230-dirty"
+#define MM_VERSION "2.0rc1-r232"
 
 void liftrlimit()
 {
diff --git a/minimap2.1 b/minimap2.1
index 5286ef91..0e63a113 100644
--- a/minimap2.1
+++ b/minimap2.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH minimap2 1 "30 July 2017" "minimap2-2.0-r230-dirty" "Bioinformatics tools"
+.TH minimap2 1 "30 July 2017" "minimap2-2.0rc1-r232" "Bioinformatics tools"
 .SH NAME
 .PP
 minimap2 - mapping and alignment between collections of DNA sequences