diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 9d81092f..951eda4f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+2.0.1 (2017-11-22)
+------------------
+
+- Replace assertiions in aioredis installation checks by `RuntimeError` #235
 
 2.0.0 (2017-11-21)
 ------------------
diff --git a/aiohttp_session/__init__.py b/aiohttp_session/__init__.py
index 032c36e2..bed399b2 100644
--- a/aiohttp_session/__init__.py
+++ b/aiohttp_session/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from aiohttp import web
 
 
-__version__ = '2.0.0'
+__version__ = '2.0.1'
 
 
 class Session(MutableMapping):