diff --git a/bigchaindb/version.py b/bigchaindb/version.py
index dc360af1..ec22c31f 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/version.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '2.0.0.dev'
-__short_version__ = '2.0.dev'
+__version__ = '2.0.0a1'
+__short_version__ = '2.0a1'
diff --git a/k8s/dev-setup/bigchaindb.yaml b/k8s/dev-setup/bigchaindb.yaml
index 48a0db2b..f3b2a6a4 100644
--- a/k8s/dev-setup/bigchaindb.yaml
+++ b/k8s/dev-setup/bigchaindb.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
       containers:
       - name: bigchaindb
-        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:1.3.0
+        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:2.0.0-alpha
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         args:
         - start