diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 997dc29..5359edd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "bodhi-cli"
 description = "bodhi CLI client based on bodhi-rs"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 
-version = "2.0.1-dev"
+version = "2.0.1"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.56.0"
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index fffd20e..bb1e0c9 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Release 2.0.1 "Optimize" (May 30, 2022)
+
+This release includes only very minor changes, including bumping the `bodhi`
+dependency to `2.0.1` to improve compatibility with future releases of the
+bodhi server (including 6.0.0).
+
 # Release 2.0.0 "Finally" (February 01, 2022)
 
 This release contains no code changes compared to the previous beta. The only