diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 843eebfee..f118e4511 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ if not preconfigured:
         # fetch the mapnik version header in order to set the
         # ABI version used to build libmapnik.so on linux in src/build.py
         abi = conf.GetMapnikLibVersion()
-        abi_fallback = "2.0.1-pre"
+        abi_fallback = "2.0.1"
         if not abi:
             color_print(1,'Problem encountered parsing mapnik version, falling back to %s' % abi_fallback)
             abi = abi_fallback
diff --git a/include/mapnik/version.hpp b/include/mapnik/version.hpp
index 6b9d4a15c..82c1cdad3 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/version.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/version.hpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #ifndef MAPNIK_VERSION_HPP
 #define MAPNIK_VERSION_HPP
 
-#define MAPNIK_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define MAPNIK_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #define MAPNIK_MAJOR_VERSION 2
 #define MAPNIK_MINOR_VERSION 0