diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 77b69b421aa..f0ca151f494 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 2.0.1 (2019-01-04)
+
+Changes:
+
+  - Relaxed RubyGems requirement to `>= 2.5.0` ([#6867](https://github.com/bundler/bundler/pull/6867))
+
 ## 2.0.0 (2019-01-03)
 
 No new changes
diff --git a/lib/bundler/version.rb b/lib/bundler/version.rb
index da356fe50e9..401f62447c3 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/version.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/version.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Bundler
   # We're doing this because we might write tests that deal
   # with other versions of bundler and we are unsure how to
   # handle this better.
-  VERSION = "2.0.0" unless defined?(::Bundler::VERSION)
+  VERSION = "2.0.1" unless defined?(::Bundler::VERSION)
 
   def self.overwrite_loaded_gem_version
     begin