diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe46b327c..1e0fc3e73 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Replacement for Espressif's libssl, kept as close as possible to [axTLS](http://axtls.sourceforge.net/) source.
-Currently based on axTLS 1.5.3+.
+Currently based on axTLS 2.0.0+.
 
 [![Build status](https://travis-ci.org/igrr/axtls-8266.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/igrr/axtls-8266)
 
diff --git a/ssl/version.h b/ssl/version.h
index e8158cc0d..4f03dca0f 100644
--- a/ssl/version.h
+++ b/ssl/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define AXTLS_VERSION    "1.4.9"
+#define AXTLS_VERSION    "2.0.0"