diff --git a/src/silx/_version.py b/src/silx/_version.py
index 068632002b..c534254580 100644
--- a/src/silx/_version.py
+++ b/src/silx/_version.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 MAJOR = 2
 MINOR = 0
 MICRO = 0
-RELEV = "dev"  # <16
+RELEV = "candidate"  # <16
 SERIAL = 0  # <16
 
 date = __date__