diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f4b4cc2c..bc13fee5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2.0.0 / 2024-09-29
+==================
+
+* Bump minimum Java version to 8
+* Secure true by default
+* Add `auto_chaptering` and `auto_transcription` to upload API
+* New Http client
+* Add support for update metadata field set default disabled
+
 1.39.0 / 2024-07-14
 ===================
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 42a635c6..4e44ba97 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ For the complete documentation, see the [Java SDK Guide](https://cloudinary.com/
 - [Upload assets to cloud](https://cloudinary.com/documentation/java_image_and_video_upload)
 
 ## Version Support
-| SDK Version    | Java 6+ |
-|----------------|---------|
-| 1.1.0 - 1.39.0 | V       |
+| SDK Version    | Java 6+ | Java 8 |
+|----------------|---------|--------|
+| 1.1.0 - 1.39.0 | V       |        |
+| 2.0.0          |         | V      |
+
+  
 
 ## Installation
 The cloudinary_java library is available in [Maven Central](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.cloudinary/cloudinary-core). To use it, add the following dependency to your pom.xml :
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ The cloudinary_java library is available in [Maven Central](https://mvnrepositor
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.cloudinary</groupId>
     <artifactId>cloudinary-http45</artifactId>
-    <version>1.39.0</version>
+    <version>2.0.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/cloudinary-core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/Cloudinary.java b/cloudinary-core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/Cloudinary.java
index 27b347ac..9bdbe122 100644
--- a/cloudinary-core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/Cloudinary.java
+++ b/cloudinary-core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/Cloudinary.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class Cloudinary {
     public final static String AKAMAI_SHARED_CDN = "res.cloudinary.com";
     public final static String SHARED_CDN = AKAMAI_SHARED_CDN;
 
-    public final static String VERSION = "1.39.0";
+    public final static String VERSION = "2.0.0";
     static String USER_AGENT_PREFIX = "CloudinaryJava";
     public final static String USER_AGENT_JAVA_VERSION = "(Java " + System.getProperty("java.version") + ")";
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e588ea7d..c15a7578 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ developerEmail=info@cloudinary.com
 
 # These two properties must use these exact names to be compatible with 'gradle install' plugin.
 group=com.cloudinary
-version=1.39.0
+version=2.0.0
 
 gnsp.disableApplyOnlyOnRootProjectEnforcement=true