diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 768dc728758de88aa8f403bbb44ff813341c2d12..5236963ff990e7e76d46ee7c148c336567e471d4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Version 2.0.0 final
+  - no changes from rc5
+
 Version 2.0 release candidate 5
   - fix a couple of bugs (validation, argument checks)
   - fix gnt-cluster getmaster on non-master nodes (regression)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 19e0bf3ae9168c4e7caa4e27b7356690b91aff3c..58de2f3bbf66c2e063f791611223c57d795b51ab 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [0])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc5])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,