diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 04469f279274..28ee01e7aa87 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ containerd is designed to be embedded into a larger system, rather than being us
 
 ## Announcements
 
-### containerd v2.0 is coming soon
+### containerd v2.0 is now released!
 See [`docs/containerd-2.0.md`](docs/containerd-2.0.md).
 
 ### Now Recruiting
diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index 5e953331c172..cba41f8b31f9 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ The current state is available in the following tables:
 | [1.3](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.3.10) | End of Life   | September 26, 2019 | March 4, 2021                                           |
 | [1.4](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.4.13) | End of Life   | August 17, 2020    | March 3, 2022                                           |
 | [1.5](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.5.18) | End of Life   | May 3, 2021        | February 28, 2023                                       |
-| [1.6](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.6.23) | LTS           | February 15, 2022  | max(February 15, 2025 or next LTS + 6 months)           |
-| [1.7](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.3)  | Active        | March 10, 2023     | active(release of 2.0 + 6 months), extended(EOL of 1.6) |
-| [2.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/milestone/35)         | Next          | TBD                | TBD                                                     |
+| [1.6](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.6.36) | LTS           | February 15, 2022  | next LTS + 6 months                                     |
+| [1.7](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.23) | Active        | March 10, 2023     | active(May 5, 2025), extended(EOL of 1.6)               |
+| [2.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v2.0.0)  | Active        | November 5, 2024   | max(November 5, 2025 or release of 2.1 + 6 months)      |
+| [2.1](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/milestone/48)         | Next          | TBD                | TBD                                                     |
 
 > **_NOTE_** containerd v1.7 will end of life at the same time as v1.6 LTS. Due to
 > [Minimal Version Selection](https://go.dev/ref/mod#minimal-version-selection) used
@@ -141,8 +142,8 @@ of containerd for every supported version of Kubernetes.
 | Kubernetes Version | containerd Version            | CRI Version     |
 |--------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|
 | 1.29               | 1.7.11+, 1.6.27+              | v1              |
-| 1.30               | 2.0(wip), 1.7.13+, 1.6.28+    | v1              |
-| 1.31               | 2.0(wip), 1.7.20+, 1.6.34+    | v1              |
+| 1.30               | 2.0.0+, 1.7.13+, 1.6.28+      | v1              |
+| 1.31               | 2.0.0+, 1.7.20+, 1.6.34+      | v1              |
 
 Deprecated containerd and kubernetes versions
 
diff --git a/releases/cri-containerd.DEPRECATED.txt b/releases/cri-containerd.DEPRECATED.txt
index 014103407c49..a7d267a698df 100644
--- a/releases/cri-containerd.DEPRECATED.txt
+++ b/releases/cri-containerd.DEPRECATED.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 The "cri-containerd-(cni-)-VERSION-OS-ARCH.tar.gz" release bundle has been deprecated since containerd 1.6,
-does not work on some Linux distributions, and will be removed in containerd 2.0.
+does not work on some Linux distributions, and has been removed in containerd 2.0.
 
 Instead of this, install the following components separately, either from the binary or from the source:
 * containerd:  https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases
diff --git a/releases/v2.0.0-rc.toml b/releases/v2.0.0.toml
similarity index 90%
rename from releases/v2.0.0-rc.toml
rename to releases/v2.0.0.toml
index e9b0e183dfa5..b922df499da7 100644
--- a/releases/v2.0.0-rc.toml
+++ b/releases/v2.0.0.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ignore_deps = [ "github.com/containerd/containerd" ]
 # previous release
 previous = "v1.7.0"
 
-pre_release = true
+pre_release = false
 
 preface = """\
 The first major release of containerd 2.x focuses on the continued stability of
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ release includes the stabilization of new features added in the last 1.x release
 as well as the removal of features which were deprecated in 1.x. The goal is to
 support the vast community of containerd users well into the future along with
 their ever increasing deployment footprints and variety of use cases.
+
+See [containerd 2.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/docs/containerd-2.0.md) documentation for details on what is new and has changed in this release.
 """
 
 postface = """\
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 51bb642bf587..0293882356d6 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 	Package = "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2"
 
 	// Version holds the complete version number. Filled in at linking time.
-	Version = "2.0.0-rc.6+unknown"
+	Version = "2.0.0+unknown"
 
 	// Revision is filled with the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to build
 	// the program at linking time.